Today will go down as a historic day for the music industry after the European Parliament’s influential legal affairs committee recommended extending copyright term for recordings to 95 years.
The move could signal the end of a seven year fight by the UK music industry to see performers treated on an equal footing with writers.
There is still some way to go with the Council of Ministers needing to vote on the issue, but most insiders expect this to go in their favour with the UK recently coming out in favour of extending term.
In a statement UK Music said, “In recommending that the current term of copyright protection for sound recordings is extended to 95 years, the Committee has recognised the value of music and the importance of the work of artists, musicians and entrepreneurs, both now and in the future, and that parity with other creators is fair and just."
For those who are unaware, the current length of copyright on sound recordings is 50 years, whereby once it passes 50 years, the recording goes into the public domain and people can use the record for free without prior clearance.
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