tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post7001367548906270389..comments2024-03-18T11:43:53.754+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: EU hand rich rockers extra pensionSimon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-87780456130121840522008-07-18T14:06:00.000+00:002008-07-18T14:06:00.000+00:00Wouldn't it be great if footballers copyrighted sp...Wouldn't it be great if footballers copyrighted specific things? "Oh look! I can claim some royalties fifty years after my last goal because somebody just scored a goal using my <I>utterly unique</I>overhead nutmeg from 20 yards" <BR/><BR/>There is a certain (if perhaps very limited and admittedly not particularly accurate) parallel to be seen between football and music industries. Less well earning supporting players much like less well earning session musicians are forced later in life to do things like teach, manage, etc. And yet I can't see it at the other end of the scale. I mean, by the music industry's standards, wouldn't certain top players be justified in asking for a cut of the gate every week from a team they made famous, more popular or indeed became synonymous with. I can't quite imagine Pelé protesting that Santos aren't giving him what he deserves for all the work he put in and yet it is true that his skills and fame still benefit the club more than 30 years after he left. More significantly, Lonnie Donegan's family can protest parliament about copyright (partly for a sped-up middle class cover of a 1930s blues song written by a man who lived in absolute poverty and who Donegan's record company didn't even have the decency to credit on the record) and be listened to but can you imagine if Calum Best asked for a cut of the Manchester United shirt sales? No. Not a single person would accept such a claim and he'd be laughed at and told to get lost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-68182458645909923392008-07-18T08:37:00.000+00:002008-07-18T08:37:00.000+00:00Cant they just get jobs? Everyone else does. Same ...Cant they just get jobs? Everyone else does. Same with footballers - 'Ooh its only a short career they have to make as much as possible' Well yes, but that achilles injury that ends your career at 30 isnt going to stop you working in an office is it? Actually, replace office with McDonalds...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-30073458153475458722008-07-17T20:41:00.000+00:002008-07-17T20:41:00.000+00:00I can't really believe that Mr Sharkey and his var...I can't really believe that Mr Sharkey and his various business associates get away with spreading this "oh it's for all the little people" lie over and over again.<BR/><BR/>As good as 50's plenty would be, I think it's about time that people who work in other industries should start demanding pay for work they done over fifty years ago. <BR/><BR/>These people show a distinct lack of knowledge of the reason copyright exists in the first placecAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com