Wow, it’s hard to count the number of inaccuracies in this Reuters story on UK copyright term extension. The story makes it sound as if the Rolling Stones and the Beatles are about to lose their copyrights, because a 50 year term will not be extended to 95 years. But the 50 year term is only for the recordings, not the compositions — so long as the songs were authored by the Stones and the Beatles, they still get life plus 70. (The Beatles sold those rights anyway — remember Michael Jackson buying them? — so they have nothing left to lose at this point in any case.)
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