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But this does not tell us the optimal length for copyright. So the patent system should be shorter because the blocking power of patents over inventions is so much greater. Songs are more distinctive than ordinary inventions, which good scientists will cook up sooner or later. The 50 year period seems long enough for copyright, but the issue is really quite complicated. Epstein: On some points yes and on others no. Does the panel agree that 50 years is long a enough sentence for the discerning music public? Gerry Kerins, London, UK It’s also mistaken to say the protected period helps fund present day R&D for new talent. In any other industry 50 years is more than ample time to recover R&D costs and to harvest cash flow. It’s difficult to accept the premise from Ian Anderson that the 50 year copyright protection should be extended. Hazlett (above right), of FT.com’s New Technology Policy Forum answer your questions below on music copyright and related issues.

Should we do as Anderson says, or would both musical creativity and society as a whole be better off with a lot less copyright, not more? Should we have shorter copyright terms? And should we have less state-backed digital rights management? What direction should we go in if we want to “save music”? Mr Anderson argued in the Financial Times that we need equality on music copyright. Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull is horrified that Jethro Tull’s earliest recordings will begin to fall out of copyright in the near future under UK and European legislation. Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.

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