Alex Singleton

Ageing pop star Cliff Richard is upset because the copyright on his records do not last longer than fifty years. He wants the copyright term extending so that he can carry on collecting royalties. Yet copyright has surely already served its purpose in Mr Richard’s case and rewarded him generously for his performances. As American […]

The European Commission’s recent decision to extend tariffs on energy-efficient lightbulbs does not just encourage consumers to buy cheaper, more polluting ones. In Brussels, it has the effect of making it tricky to buy them at all. Staff working at the European Commission’s Berlaymont headquarters wanting to buy the environmentally-friendly bulbs at the nearest supermarket […]