Summer Holiday
Blair's Holiday (to the tune of Cliff Richard's Summer Holiday)
Blair's off on a summer holiday.
Prezza in charge for a week or two.
Middle-East left in crisis.
Plenty of worries for me and you.
For a week or two.
Blair's off where the sun shines brightly.
Prezza doesn't seem to have a clue.
We've seen it in the blogs.
Will rumours 'bout Rosie be true?
Prezza in charge this summer holiday.
Doing things Gordon always wanted to.
Blair's on another freebie holiday.
Whiter than white, too good to be true.
For me and you.
On a slightly more serious note it is believed Mr. Blair will be staying at Sir Cliff Richard's £3m Barbados villa as he has for the last 3 years. By a strange quirk of coincidence, it would seem Mr. Blair has been responsive to Sir Cliff's lobbying for an increase in the Copyright term for musical recordings from 50 to 70 years. Some of Sir Cliff's recordings are nearing the end of their 50 years. Any retrospective increase of the copyright for another 20 years means Sir Cliff, and his record companies stand to make extra money.
As all commercial contracts between Sir Cliff and his Record Company(s), and pricing for the these musical recordings to the consumer would have factored in the 50 years it would seem to be morally dubious that they should benefit from any retrospective legislation.
By all means increase the copyright term to 70 years, the Artists and Record Companies could then factor that in to pricing, which should result in lower prices to the consumer.
Blair's off on a summer holiday.
Prezza in charge for a week or two.
Middle-East left in crisis.
Plenty of worries for me and you.
For a week or two.
Blair's off where the sun shines brightly.
Prezza doesn't seem to have a clue.
We've seen it in the blogs.
Will rumours 'bout Rosie be true?
Prezza in charge this summer holiday.
Doing things Gordon always wanted to.
Blair's on another freebie holiday.
Whiter than white, too good to be true.
For me and you.
On a slightly more serious note it is believed Mr. Blair will be staying at Sir Cliff Richard's £3m Barbados villa as he has for the last 3 years. By a strange quirk of coincidence, it would seem Mr. Blair has been responsive to Sir Cliff's lobbying for an increase in the Copyright term for musical recordings from 50 to 70 years. Some of Sir Cliff's recordings are nearing the end of their 50 years. Any retrospective increase of the copyright for another 20 years means Sir Cliff, and his record companies stand to make extra money.
As all commercial contracts between Sir Cliff and his Record Company(s), and pricing for the these musical recordings to the consumer would have factored in the 50 years it would seem to be morally dubious that they should benefit from any retrospective legislation.
By all means increase the copyright term to 70 years, the Artists and Record Companies could then factor that in to pricing, which should result in lower prices to the consumer.
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