For years, Canada resisted extending the term of copyright beyond the international standard of life of the author plus 50 years. That appears to have come to an end with the USMCA, which requires an extension. The Canadian government has just launched a public consultation on the issue, identifying several “accompanying measures” to address concerns about the negative impact of term extension. For the many Canadians that participated in the recent copyright review process, the consultation document comes as huge disappointment as it seemingly rejects – with little legal basis – the review’s recommendation on establishing a registration requirement for the additional 20 years that would benefit both creators and the public.
The consultation is currently open until March 12th. Duke University’s Jennifer Jenkins, who is is a Clinical Professor of Law teaching intellectual property and Director of Duke’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain, joins the Law Bytes podcast this week to help sort through the likely implications of copyright term extension for Canada.
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Show Notes:
Government of Canada Copyright Term Extension consultation – Due March 12, 2021
Government of Canada Copyright Term Extension Consultation Paper
Credits:
Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, February 24, 2020
Great podcast! I have read several of the research papers of Professor Jennifer Jenkins and I really like the way she expresses her thoughts. She inspired me to become a writer and now I work as an academic writer. I really enjoy helping students write student papers.
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Copyright is more than a binary relationship between only creators and users. One must simply look to the issues surrounding orphan works and out-of-commerce works to see how there is an entire environment that encompasses the bundle of rights that are copyright protected.
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