How Cliff Richard kept the royalties rolling in | Bill Thompson

Known as 'Cliff's law', this 20-year extension of copyright will please musicians, but its economic impact is less certainTwo years after the European parliament gave a first reading to Irish MEP Brian Cowley's bill to extend the copyright in sound recordings from 50 to 70 years, the EU council of ministers has changed the law, despite protests from Belgium and Sweden, among others.By 2014, governments around the EU will be expected to amend their copyright laws to put the modifed directive 2006...

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