Comments on: How long should music copyright be?

By: The optimal term for copyright: 15 years? #ipc10 (via @dubber) | Lykle de Vries

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:15:53 +0000

[...] argued in the past in favour of a five-year copyright term, but with indefinite renewal for works that are commercially active, and a ‘use it or lose [...]

By: Deleting Music: The optimal term for copyright: 15 years?

Deleting Music: The optimal term for copyright: 15 years? — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 06:50:26 +0000

[...] argued in the past in favour of a five-year copyright term, but with indefinite renewal for works that are commercially active, and a ‘use it or lose [...]

By: A N T I D O T E

A N T I D O T E — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:17:11 +0000

[...] rewrite the copyright laws to reflect the changing musical landscape. Perhaps we should go with a 5 year copyright length, it could probably [...]

By: Studio Manifesto|In Defense Of Lessig

Studio Manifesto|In Defense Of Lessig — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:17:17 +0000

[...] issue that affects the music industry, and all industries that produce intellectual property. How Long Should Copyright Be? – last time I checked had 138 comments. Why Give Music Away For Free? – well over a [...]

By: Canada takes another shot at amending copyright law | Pro Soul Alliance

Canada takes another shot at amending copyright law | Pro Soul Alliance — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:40:50 +0000

[...] fact is, in the words of Harvard Entertainment law professor Lawrence Lessig, copyright law is broken, and no amendment will fix the fact that society has changed not only the way it views [...]

By: Studio Manifesto|In Defence Of Lessig

Studio Manifesto|In Defence Of Lessig — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:44:42 +0000

By: Jayen

Jayen — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:03:28 +0000

This sounds very ambitions :) but i think for the most part i agree.

I really had no idea that only 2% was actually for sail, although i guess i should have guessed. We really have to do something about that, i as a video maker (just a hobbie) would certainly benefit from it and so many other youtube artist as well not to mention the indi film makers etc as you mentioned and more importantly we’d be able to breath new life into these lost tracks.

Although i do wonder if 5 years if enough time for an artist to be really sure whether a track will be commercially viable in say 10 or 15 years down the road and if the 5 year copyright renewals were expensive it might be hard on poor artists, still i know nothing about this industry so i can’t really have an opinion.

Jayen

By: David Hooper

David Hooper — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:52:32 +0000

I think a shorter copyright term is great, because it would force people to keep creating, rather than kick back and live off something forever.

However, it also doesn’t really value creation of something. Five years? I feel that’s a bit short. Sometimes it takes that long for a song to take off.

By: Dubber

Dubber — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:20:58 +0000

With respect – though music copyright works (after a fashion) for those who wish to make money out of their music right at this moment – which is great and I’m all for that – it doesn’t work in any other way, and it doesn’t fulfill its primary function of incentivising creativity and contributing to culture.

My point is that the means by which it attains its goal has become its primary goal.

By: Music Insight

Music Insight — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:18:46 +0000

Hi Mr Dubber,

We read your debate with interest. If you get a chance, spin over to our blog and see what you think.

Basically, copyright works fine for us as it is, we can choose whether we give product away, license it to someone to use or sell things. We want to retain choice and current law allows for that.

Respect from the Music Insight team