The European Commission has approved an extension of copyright term for music from 50 to 90 years... but if the copyright isn't being used (i.e. the music's just sitting in the company's vault), it can revert to the performer after 51 years.
See http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/16 ... extension/]the story on The Register for details.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
See http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/16 ... extension/]the story on The Register for details.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012