Kevin Driscoll

Rather than reduce the term of copyright and create incentives for the creation of a more democratic media ecosystem, UK minister for creative industries James
Purnell has voiced support for doubling the duration of copyright protection on pop music to 100 years.

“Bands like Coldplay will make enough money for their company to help them discover around 50 or 100 bands,” says Purnell.

Even with a ringtone topping the UK charts, extending the term of copyright protection is not the right path to a greater diversity of voices pop music. It will instead achieve the opposite effect by encouraging the perpetuation of a non-competitive music industry presently failing to properly compensate artists or satisfy consumers.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 7th, 2005 at 11:27 am and is filed under Copyright.