This allows libraries, museums
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 4:29 am
However, the celebration will be muted in Canada where librarians and educators are assessing the impact of a vast expansion of the copyright term.
Canada’s copyright protection for artistic works was extended as 2022 came to a close from life of the author plus 50 years—to life of the author plus 70 years. The change was the result of international trade negotiations in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), requiring Canada to bring its terms closer to that of the U.S.
Once items are in the public domain, they can be republished or repurposed without seeking permission or paying a rights holder. , and archives to use materials freely for research and historical purposes, as well as post online archives of the important documents and creative works.
The change in Canada means books, movies, plays, and songs that phone number library were previously scheduled to be free from copyright will not be in the public domain until 2043.
“It’s a disappointment and a feeling of mourning,” said Andrea Mills, executive director of Internet Archive Canada, of the policy change that prompted the cancellation of Public Domain Day parties in the country. “It feels more like we should have a wake.”
(Others share similar concerns about the negative impact of the policy change. See Reconsidering the Copyright Bargain: by Adian Sheppard, director of the University of Alberta’s copyright office; A bizarre 20-year hiatus: Changes to copyright term in Canada by Jennifer Zerkee, Simon Fraser University library copyright specialist; and an article Interminable pause: Government must address harm caused by extension of copyright term by Mark Swartz, a scholarly publishing librarian an Queen’s University.
Canada’s copyright protection for artistic works was extended as 2022 came to a close from life of the author plus 50 years—to life of the author plus 70 years. The change was the result of international trade negotiations in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), requiring Canada to bring its terms closer to that of the U.S.
Once items are in the public domain, they can be republished or repurposed without seeking permission or paying a rights holder. , and archives to use materials freely for research and historical purposes, as well as post online archives of the important documents and creative works.
The change in Canada means books, movies, plays, and songs that phone number library were previously scheduled to be free from copyright will not be in the public domain until 2043.
“It’s a disappointment and a feeling of mourning,” said Andrea Mills, executive director of Internet Archive Canada, of the policy change that prompted the cancellation of Public Domain Day parties in the country. “It feels more like we should have a wake.”
(Others share similar concerns about the negative impact of the policy change. See Reconsidering the Copyright Bargain: by Adian Sheppard, director of the University of Alberta’s copyright office; A bizarre 20-year hiatus: Changes to copyright term in Canada by Jennifer Zerkee, Simon Fraser University library copyright specialist; and an article Interminable pause: Government must address harm caused by extension of copyright term by Mark Swartz, a scholarly publishing librarian an Queen’s University.