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Feb 18, 2021 · The change was kickstarted by Canada's entering into the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). This agreement, which entered into force on July 1, 2020, required Canada to extend its general term of copyright protection from 50 years after the end of the year of the author's death to 70, by the end of 2022.
- François Larose
Nov 28, 2022 · An Order in Council published earlier this week fixed December 30, 2022, as the date on which legislation to extend the basic term of copyright protection in Canada from 50 years after the author's life to 70 years thereafter will come into force.
- François Larose
Jan 3, 2023 · These amendments came into force on Dec. 30, 2022. In the case of works of joint authorship, the term of copyright protection is extended to 70 years following the end of the calendar year of the death of the last surviving author. Bill C-19 is clear that the copyright term extension is not retroactive and therefore will not affect works that ...
Sep 20, 2022 · For the less-than-one percent of copyrighted works which remain valuable 50 years after the authors death, the movie studios, recording studios, publishing houses, and other people or entities that own them will have their monopoly for another 20 years, says Anthony. But for the majority of copyright owners, “the extension is irrelevant.”
- Aidan Macnab
Dec 9, 2022 · Second, if the copyright in a work would have expired on December 31, 2022 (i.e., 50 years after “...the end of the year of the author’s death”), the term will now be extended by a further 20 years to December 31, 2042. Finally, the new 20-year extension will apply to any work whose term of copyright does not expire on or before 2022.
- David Zitzerman
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New system (Life plus 70) Author's life + remainder of that calendar year + 70 years = term of copyright protection. Creators who died in 1972 will be the first group of creators to have an extra 20 years of copyright protection. Two examples: Cecil Day-Lewis died May 22, 1972. His work will enter the public domain on January 1, 2043.
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Therefore, protection will expire at the end of the 70th calendar year after the author dies. Before December 30, 2022 , the general term of protection was 50 years after the death of the author. On December 30, 2022 , this term was extended to 70 years after the death of the author. The extension of this term does not have the effect of ...
