UK General Discussion: Rishecession

[ibagli]

Even before the very grave statement was issued, the cancellation of the Privy Council meeting was pretty concerning. That's definitely what the Palace had been calling "light duties" recently; it would have been a video engagement where all she had to say was "approved."

[ibagli]

It always confuses me that political parties are allowed to play songs when they obviously haven't cleared it with the artists first. I know in some cases the artists no longer have the rights, but when they do, and the conferences function as a massive fundraising opportunity (which they inevitably do), does that not violate copyright?

In the USA, this story is written several times every four years, and every single time, what happened is that the party/campaign/venue had a license to use the music through whatever organization the artist(s) use. (It sounds like that's what happened here since they said they "checked with legal" and couldn't do anything.)

[ibagli]

Blair's appointment last year cleared up the logjam, so possibly the Garter for Cameron and the Thistle for Brown. Vacancies aren't filled right away necessarily, but if they are, my other picks for the Garter are the Duke of Norfolk, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Soames of Fletching (Nicholas Soames), Sir Ken Olisa, and Peaches Golding.