European Elections

Swedish PP results are even better than the 7.1% mentioned: For the age range under 30, PP results are 23.6%, 1 vote out of 4! So instead of focusing on the minimal voting age, maybe we should do something about the maximum voting age… ;-)
French PP (Parti Pirate) was not part of these elections, but are prepping for the 2010 legional erections. It will be a welcome change from our current PP (Posh President) Nicolas Bling.
You can see how green our prez is by repeating the 2 last words (from this video, in French, sorry) quickly: Qui s’occupera des phoques ? You!

While I am OK with all of the items in the Pirate Party’s Declaration of Principles, I am a bit bothered by the 5-year limit for all copyrights.
The argument from the PP leaders is “Nobody needs to make money seventy years after he is dead“.
It seems a bit harsh to limit the copyright to 5 years after a song is produced. I.e. if you make a song at 25 and are expected to live till 80, that’s a 120 years difference between the PP argument and their proposal. I wonder if there is not a middle way that would give better recognition and financial support to the artists, like reverting all copyright ownership to the artists after 5 years (remember Cat Stevens, the Beatles catalog) and extending the copyright for some more years, at least up to some yearly quota.
Note that this 5-year proposal does not apply to non-commercial use such as file sharing, only to commercial use.
I find it totally unfair that if a producer decides to make a The Very Best of CD, none of the proceeds would go to the artist, it all goes to production and sales.

What do you think?