on #PublicDomainDay, your annual reminder that NO new works will be entering the public domain in canada till 2043 (!), thanks to the canadian government caving to US pressure in the USMCA deal. canada was life-plus-50, but last year it changed to life-plus-70.
more info:
- https://news.library.ualberta.ca/blog/2023/01/04/canadian-copyright-update-public-domain-frozen-for-two-decades/
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canada-public-domain-pause-1.6706498
- http://gutenberg.ca/
#CdnPoli
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