Motown stars told: reach out - royalties may soon be there

They are the all-time greats of Motown and their songs have been staples for nearly 50 years: Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, the Four Tops and Gladys Knight and the Pips. But the stream of royalties they generate from Britain is about to run dry.Under Britain's copyright laws, after 50 years their record companies can no longer demand an artist's fee.But that could be about to change. John Denham, the innovation, universities and skills secretary, is to launch a European Union-wide lobbying opera...

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