Michael Geist, Centre for International Governance Innovation; USMCA Sends Canada Back to the Drawing Board on Copyright Law
"In the weeks leading up to the conclusion of the trade-pact
negotiations, most of the attention was focused on supply management and
the dairy sector, the threat of tariffs on the automotive industry and
the future of dispute-resolution provisions. Yet, once the secret text
was released just after midnight on Sunday, the mandated reform to
Canadian copyright law became more readily apparent.
Leading the way is a requirement to extend the term of copyright
protection from the current term of the life of the creator plus 50
years to the life of the creator plus 70 years. The additional years of
protection will effectively lock down the public domain in Canada for
two decades, with no new copyright expiry on works until 2040 (assuming
the agreement takes effect in 2020)."
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