"Culture minister Andy Burnham yesterday made the... announcement... the government would now push for a 20-year extension on copyright."

After they decided it was a bad thing to do it's become policy to do it.

The copyright extension advocates do seem to using the idea of the "poor struggling songwriter" to justify their ends but who will really benefit - only the already well-off top selling artistes and the major labels.

Ars Technica - UK ignores logic, backs 20-year music copyright extension

God, you're such a boring whinging cynic.

It's a good thing for all writers.

SW wrote:
God, you're such a boring whinging cynic.

It's a good thing for all writers.
It doesn't apply to writers.

BTW there is no need to be rude, especially if your comment shows a complete lack of comprehension you may appear to be ignorant and foolish. You wouldn't want that now would you?

Andy Gowers has responded to Burnham:
"Copyright extension is out of tune with reality"

"There was, he said,

You appear to have been cut off in your prime here DJ!

Oops.

Burnham: "moral case for performers"

Gowers: "As political speeches go, this is pretty silly. A moral case? You might just as well say sportspeople have a moral case to a pension at 30.

Copyright is an economic instrument, not a moral one, and if you consider the economic arguments