Meanwhile, the British government intends to double the copyright term of recorded music, saving the Beatles' recordings from the ignominy of falling to the public domain in the 2010s and to ensure that the big record companies have a steady flow of income, because as we all know, that's good for all society. I mean, if EMI don't have the guaranteed income of the Long Tail of Beatles copyrights in perpetuity, they may sadly be unable to sign the next Coldplay or Kasabian or Sugababes or whoever.
And those all-round monopolists and homogenisers, Wal-Mart, provide yet another reason to hate them: their in-store photo processing services refuse to print photographs that look too good, just in case they are copyright violations:
Spokeswoman Jackie Young said Wal-Mart is "a littler tougher than the copyright law dictates."
"We want to protect professional photographers' rights," Young said. "We will not copy a photograph if it appears to be taken by a professional photographer or studio."
She related the case of a bride whose wedding photos were rejected by Wal-Mart because they "looked like high-resolution quality."
Iron Maiden?
King Crimson, Ministry, the Moloko DVD was out thru them too though Echo (though I think Mushroom still handle them locally), the whole Trojan back-catalogue.
They're freely admitting to changing laws to suit a particularly industry. An industry that is claiming they're not sustainable without changing the laws. "We've dug a massive hole for ourselves, please change society so we can continue to stuff up." It's insanity. It's like companies that make photographic film demanding that digital cameras be banned for another 50 years so they can keep running.
so... angry...
Ah yes, the recording industry, born with Caruso, died with the Crazy Frog.
AAAAARRRRRGGGHH!
(About the Sanctuary bit. I don't really give a fuck about the "home of Morrissey" bit, it's all the other bands they've given refuge to I'm worried about.)