Re: [d@DCC] Bill C-36: Copyright term extension

From: "Samuel E. Trosow" <strosow _-at-_ uwo.ca>
To: General Discussion <discuss (at) digital-copyright.ca>
Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 12:17:40 -0400
References: <Pine.SOL.4.44.0305091106380.12296-100000@softbase.math.uwaterloo.ca>

My big question is whether this is the extent of the legislation that 
will be proposed this year. Is this it? or is there more coming?  It's 
good that it doesn't try to extend term across the board for all works, 
and there's nothing about WIPO implementation.  I agree that the 
implications for permanent public access seems very positive at first 
glance.

Sam Trosow
University of Western Ontario


Matthew Skala wrote:

>Today's ILN highlights Bill C-36, introduced yesterday in the House of
>Commons.  Some very brief comments, with links, here:
>   http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/lw/?id=2003050901
>
>This Bill extends copyright for unpublished works.  It also apparently
>extends the copyright for some published works that were published
>posthumously.  It doesn't have the sweeping application to almost
>everything that the US Sonny Bono Act has.
>
>I'm surprised I haven't heard anything about this Bill before today.
>There was apparently an Industry Canada comment process about copyright on
>unpublished works, but I don't remember hearing about that either until
>today, and the deadline for comments was March 7.  I don't think this was
>ever posted to this list before now.  Are other participants aware of it?
>
>Before we get too upset about Bill C-36, I think we should analyse it
>carefully, because it contains a bunch of other terms that may be
>significant too.  On balance, Bill C-36 might even be one I'd support.
>For instance, in my quick skim of it just now (I won't have much time
>until Sunday to take a close look), I see that it has terms for requiring
>the holders of an old recording to give a maximum-quality copy to the
>National Archives, so that it can be kept available to the public.  That
>sounds like a Very Good Thing as far as I'm concerned.
>
>I'd love to hear other people's analysis of this Bill.
>  
>


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