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To: BlueStateBlues

I think it was insurance against England not extending copyrights.

The Beatles’ catalog could go/have gone the way American pop music went in Europe. 50 years of copyright with no further extensions (public domain after that).

Since we are now at 1959 recordings going PD in England, the Beatles’ complete catalog could have gone PD within the next 10 years. So this is the last grab for cash before competing volumes came out.

In the end, last I read, England DID decide to extend the copyrights. But works that lapsed do NOT get to restore copyright. I see no good reason to change the law JUST because the Beatles and other British Invasion acts would be facing the SAME limited terms that all other acts (especially US acts) faced under British law.

8 posted on 04/07/2009 11:12:41 AM PDT by a fool in paradise ( Â“Saving the New York Times now ranks with saving Darfur as a high-minded cause.Â”NYTimes Bill Kell)

To: a fool in paradise

Interesting point. Thanks. Obladee.

11 posted on 04/07/2009 11:15:24 AM PDT by BlueStateBlues (Blue State for business, Red State at heart.........2012--can't come soon enough.)

To: a fool in paradise

I wonder if that would mean we could get a definitive Kinks collection over here.

13 posted on 04/07/2009 11:15:51 AM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)

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