Tony Blair, according to the Sunday Times has bought Cliff Richard's and the BPI's rhetoric about extending the term of copyright on sound recordings.
"The Sunday Times has obtained a written record of an internal Labour meeting at which the prime minister sets out his priorities.
At the meeting of the national executive committee on July 19 last year Blair said that despite the “dominating global headlines” and recent terror attacks, Labour must not lose sight of the domestic agenda.
In the midst of such high-profile issues as the liberalisation of the Post Office and public apathy to elections, Blair “addressed concerns” about copyright laws “whereby Cliff Richard and the Rolling Stones only receive 50 years’ protection compared with 70 years in the rest of Europe”, according to one member’s detailed written record. "
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