September 08 - Copyright For Soldier Boy

EU regulators are set to give the music industry a boost by extending copyright protection by 20 years. Recordings will now be under copyright for 70 years, making it illegal for anyone to distribute them without permission. This will stop the flood of low-quality EU and UK Public Domain releases. The EU council will rubber-stamp the changes on Monday, meaning member states will be required to write them into law within two years.
Recordings that were due to fall out of copyright protection over the next month, meaning anyone can package and resell the material, include Elvis Presley’s 1961 material like the smash "Little Sister" and anything before that.
EIN had no doubt that the power & money behind The Beatles would change the Public Domain laws before October 2012, 50 years after their first single release.
The changes have been hailed as a victory for rights holders, who are desperate to protect their existing revenue streams in the face of intense pressure from illegal file-sharing. In the USA music copyright laws are already set at 75 years.


Charts

• The album 'An Afternoon In The Garden' drops from #123 to #144 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and drops from 10 to 19 on the Catalog Album Chart for the week ended 17th September, 2011.
• On the Irish Album Chart 'The Real... Elvis' compilation climbs from #29 to #24.

Sales-figures from this week's Billboard charts (to September 4, 2011)

• Top Catalog Albums
• #19 An Afternoon In The Garden 329,150
• #58 The Very Best Of Love (2007 re-issue) 161,705
• #136 An Evening Prayer 93,285
• #153 Elvis Rock 105,170

• Digital Tracks Catalog:
• #184 Can't Help Falling In Love 478,540

Soldier Boy 53 310 761

There are many books published about "Private Presley" but a comprehensive video documentary about our man as "Soldier Boy" is missing - until now as the Tripod Pictures Ltd proudly announced the release of "Soldier Boy 53 310 761" starring Elvis Presley.


From the press-release:
We begin our journey at the Kennedy Veteran Hospital where Elvis gets his first medical examinations to determine his draft status in January 1957. Of course, the well-known solemn promise scene and the "Operation Haircut" is included, too. There are private moments where Elvis can be seen with Anita Wood at Eddie Fadal's home. Be there when Elvis leaves the troop train to enter the U.S.S. Randall; see him arriving in Bremerhaven, Germany; Private Presley is the VIP on numerous press conferences and interviews e.g. with Dick Clark / American Bandstand. Experience Elvis on the grounds of the Ray Barracks or join the "King" during his trip to Paris, France. Unfortunately, Elvis was not home when Cliff Richard was visiting Goethestrasse 14 in Bad Nauheim, but the footage proves that he tried to say ,hello'. You'll get newsreel reports & the trailer for "G.I. Blues" - Elvis' first motion picture after the army. 
A special never before released clip shows the unveiling of the memorial bust which was installed in front of the ,Hotel Grunewald" in Bad Nauheim to honor Elvis' stay in that city. This factory pressed DVD is a labour of love, compiled carefully to present the full story of Elvis and his military tour of duty. The DVD also features a booklet with additional information about dates & locations of the featured clips.

• Video Type: PAL
• Region Code: 0 - FREE
• Running Time Total: 118 Minutes

(Source: Elvis Info Net / FECC)