Information About Excess Copyright

I submitted my personal comments in response to the Canadian Government’s problematic consultation on How to Implement an extended term of Copyright Protection in Canada. Here’s my submission.Here’s my bottom line of recommendations:a.      Adopt the suggestion by former US Register of Copyrights Ma … Read more »

  As the absurd and inexcusably short deadline of March 12, 2021to comment on the Government of Canada’s  very disappointing consultation documenton how to implement the CUSMA term extension obligation looms, interested parties may wish to note the following. Maria Pallante is the former Register of … Read more »

The government held a one-hour online discussion about its Consultation paper on how to implement an extended general term of copyright protection in Canada. Responses are due on March 12, 2021. That’s not a misprint. There were lots of questions but very few if any specific answers. My questions we … Read more »

 ICYMI, see here:https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/693.nsf/vwapj/consultation-implement-extended-term-copyright-protection-Canada-en.pdf/$file/consultation-implement-extended-term-copyright-protection-Canada-en.pdfDeadline to respond is March 12. 2021. There is no conceivable explanation  for such a sho … Read more »

 Just in time for Christmas, 2020, the Governor in Council implemented the long-awaited Time Limits regulations regarding the Copyright Board – which were published on December 23, 2020, ironically more than 1.5 years after the preliminary announcement and consultation. The Time Limits in Respect of … Read more »