Record labels lobby at party conference

The British music industry held one of those Fringe events at the Labour party conference last night called ' Never Mind The Politics, Hear The Music', but basically it might as well have been called "hey you political types, extend our copyright term and we'll let you meet some rock stars". Or, to put it in the words of EMI chief and BPI chairman Tony Wadsworth: "We are looking for Labour MPs and ministers to take a clear message back to Westminster: British music has a great history, a fantastic present and a highly promising future. But we need a strong intellectual property framework to ensure that it remains that way".