[Gllug] Black day

[Dylan]

On Thursday 16 January 2003 17:20, Roger Whittaker wrote:
> Therefore the NHS should be funded by the proceeds from copyright being
> reapplied to the works of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Wordsworth etc ...
> No, this was a bad precedent which was not thought through and was done
> for sentimental reasons.

NO NO NO NO NO NO

JMB left the rights to the hospital for personal, charitable reasons. 
Equivalent to a long term benifit performance. The 1988 act would ordinarily 
have voided his bequest so a /specific/ exception was made to cover the 
/specific/ situation. Of course the NHS should not be funded exclusively by 
charitable donations/bequests. But a single, unique, and quirky situation is 
not a bad thing. The relevant act does NOT provide a precident because it is 
quite clearly a /special case/.

It is relevant that, until 1988, performance rights and IP copyright were 
totally different things - hence the necessity to deal with this case.

 Dylan

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