The Canadian Publishers’ Council (CPC) welcomes the opportunity to share its views in response to the Government’s Consultation paper on extending the general term of copyright protection to 70 years following the end of the calendar year of the author’s death.
The publishers represented by the CPC support implementation of the 20-year extension required by CUSMA, without qualifications. The Copyright Modernization Act of 2012 introduced exceptions – in particular the Fair Dealing for Education exception – that has greatly diminished copyright protection for authors and publishers and has seriously eroded investment in the creation of educational resources. Term Extension, implemented with no accompanying measures, is an opportunity to move towards better balance between users and rights holders, and to restore incentive to the publishing sector to invest in Canadian resources.
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