"Every three months from the beginning of 2008," says Cliff Richard, who was once Britain’s answer to Elvis Presley, "I will lose a song. " The reason is that in most European countries copyright protection on sound recordings lasts for 50 years, and (now) Sir Cliff recorded his first hit single, "Move It", in 1958. (41)
One of the big four music firms estimates that about 100m "deep catalogue" (ie, old) albums now sold in Europe each year will have entered the public domain by the end of 2010. Assuming a current wholesale price of $10, that could jeopardise $1 billion of revenues, or about 3% of annual recorded music sales. (42)
Even once much of the back catalogue has entered the public domain, the big music firms can carry on selling it on CD. They will even benefit from not having to pay anything to the artist or to his estate. They will in many cases still own copyright on the original cover art.
I go to the barber’s every three weeks. I don’t like very short hair, so my barber doesn’t cut off much. I have known him for almost four years, and when I go to him, we always talk a lot. He tells me all his news and I tell him all mine. He meets a lot of interesting people in his shop and he talks to most of them, so he always has a lot of news for me.
Every year my barber goes to France for two weeks for his holidays, and when he comes back to England, he has a lot of interesting news. While he is cutting my hair, he tells me about beautiful cities and quiet little villages, strange food and drinks and many other things. I sit there and listen to the old man with open ears. One minute, my barber’s chair is a seat in a French train, and the next minute it became a chair in a restaurant in Paris. Although my barber is old, he always tries new things. He never says, "I have never eaten this food before, so I am not going to eat it now." H
A. A piece of necklace.
B. A ring.
C. A bunch of flowers.
I go to the barber every three weeks. I don’t like very short hair, so my barber doesn’t cut off much. I have known him for almost four years now, and when I go to him, we always talk a lot. He tells me all his news, and I tell him all mine. He meets a lot of interesting people in his shop and he talks to most of them, so he always has a lot of news for me.
Every year my barber goes to France for two weeks for his holidays, and when he comes back to England, he has a lot of interesting news. While he is cutting my hair, he tells me about beautiful old cities and quiet little villages, strange food and drinks and many other things. I sit there and listen to the old man with open ears. One minute, my barber’s chair is a seat in a French train, and the next minute it becomes a chair in a restaurant in Paris.
Although my barber is old, he always tries new things. He never says, "I have never eaten this food before, so I am not going to eat it no
A. Five years.
B. Almost four years.
C. Almost six years.
D. Ten years.
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