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EU Parliament Votes to Extend Copyright Terms to 70 Years

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 24, 2009 - 9:53am.
Strasbourg, France - The European Parliament voted this week to approve extending copyright term lengths from 50 to 70 years in a first reading of the measure, which must now be approved by EU governments as well before becoming law, Agence France Presse reported. The measure, which passed by a vote of 377 to 178, would apply only to new recordings.
tags: Law | Policy | Music | Copyright | European Union | Billy Bragg |

Featured Artists Coalition Opposes Criminalizing File-Sharing

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 13, 2009 - 10:15am.
London - The Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), a group of U.K. artists including Billy Bragg and Radiohead that aims to give voice to musicians in industry issues, held its first meeting this week in London, and voted to oppose any laws that would criminalize music file-swapping. "If we follow the music industry down that road, we will be doing nothing more than being part of a protectionist effort. It's like trying to put toothpaste back in the tube," FAC board member Billy Bragg told the Independent.
tags: Law | Policy | P2P | Music | YouTube | Copyright | Radiohead | Featured Artists Coalition | PRS for Music | Billy Bragg |

U.K. Artists Enter Fray in Dispute Over YouTube Music Videos

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 11, 2009 - 10:25am.
London - The Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), a group of musicians aiming to garner more of a say in industry contracts that includes Billy Bragg, Robbie Williams, KT Tunstall and Radiohead, has come out against Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube in a dispute over licensing fees paid for music videos that recently saw YouTube pull most music videos from its U.K. site, the Times Online reported.
tags: Music | Google | YouTube | Copyright | Radiohead | Featured Artists Coalition | PRS for Music | Billy Bragg |