Geeklawyer is away but not on another planet, which was a shame because he wouldn’t have seen the depressing news that the EU wants to extend musical copyright from 50 years to 95. This despite,as ORG pointed out any evidence in support. Indeed rather the contrary; the UK Government’s own Gower report said there was no need, as have several others.
But no, evidence is not, it seems, something useful when considering IP policy issues in the EU. Nor is rationality or deeper thinking. Geeklawyer has come to realise that these are emotive, irrational and conservative issues among a certain type of EU politician. What is needed or works is really beside the point: what is needed here is a Message; evidence merely clouds the issue.
The message here is “We value artists”, “We want to encourage more creation”. Now of course, if you are the US ‘creative‘ industry your expensive lobbyists will play the necessary mood music on the biggest violin they have. With the money grubbing Americans manipulating the pretentious dim clothes-horse Sardozy and his whore wife the outcome is largely inevitable.
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