<story><title>EU votes to extend music copyright to 70 years</title><url>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14829373</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>EGreg</author><text>Are musicians not incentivized enough in Europe? Or are we trying to incentivize music creation in 1950s and 60s? :P&lt;p&gt;I can see the court in Brussels going, &quot;Mm, yes. I know what will motivate them to create better music! We&apos;ll make sure they own it when they are 105 years old! There&apos;s just too little good music these days, and this will make all the difference.&quot;&lt;p&gt;Joking. Obviously it&apos;s special interests pushing to make money from their 1950s creations after having been incentivized enough to make them in the first place, at the expense of the public.</text></comment>
<story><title>EU votes to extend music copyright to 70 years</title><url>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14829373</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>acg</author><text>An illustration of why some of the software industry wants to be more like the music industry and why the music industry doesn&apos;t want to be like the software industry.&lt;p&gt;Imagine if you were still making money off a program you wrote in 1960. Almost inconceivable in any mass market.</text></comment>