This probably could just as well have been a Facebook post, but I just wanted to take a moment to note that over on his blog Michael Geist has been posting some really good articles about the recent announcement that the latest Canadian budget reforms also include an extension to the Copyright laws there, and the reasoning behind it and the repercussions of that extension. Here are links to some of those articles:
Canadian Recording Industry: Works Entering the Public Domain Are Not in the Public Interest
Is the Great Canadian Copyright Giveaway Really About Some Cheap Beatles Records?
The Power of Backroom Lobbying: How the Recording Industry Got Their Copyright Term Extension
If you’re at all interested in the subject of Copyright Law and the Public Domain I highly recommend giving these articles a read, because the actions currently going on in Canada may very well foreshadow what is to come once the U.S, congress takes up the subject in the next few years, and right now the outlook is not very good.
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