Showing posts with label EU. Show all posts
Showing posts with label EU. Show all posts

Wednesday, 10 September 2014

Scotland the Brave?



It’s never been easy, making a living in Scotland. In recent decades, there has been the oil to hold up the economy and before that there were all those UK-based public service jobs (including the army) that provided consistent employment.

Of course, many of the Scots being fine entrepreneurs, historically it was England and the British Empire that provided many with a platform to exploit their talents (including my own ancestors).

Presumably the oil won’t last for ever, so, unhitched from England and Wales – with a YES vote looking more and more likely – their best chance would seem to be in the EU, assuming that the EU keeps them on.

Scotland the Brave? My old boss, Bill Weithas, always used to equate bravery with high risk.

It’s their choice. Roll on September 18.

Sunday, 1 December 2013

Copyright in the real world


Although there has been virtually no coverage of the event, I’m assured that in July the UK government ratified an EU directive which, from November just past, increased the period of time when sound recordings are subject to copyright from 50 years to 70.

This is a case of expanding the barn after the horses have all bolted. Completely absurd.

What’s needed is a complete rethink of intellectual property law in the real world we live in now.