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They recently successfully lobbied for for life + 70 in TPP, and includes a similar provision in the USMCA (the successor to NAFTA) to compel Canada to bring i
by dannyobrien 8y ago
They recently successfully lobbied for for life + 70 in TPP, and includes a similar provision in the USMCA (the successor to NAFTA) to compel Canada to bring its copyright term up to life + 70 also. The aim is to establish a new global norm of life + 70 / 95 years for corporate works, as opposed the Berne minimum of 50 years.
There’s still plenty of room to ratchet. Mexico, the other USMCA signatory, has life + 100 years.
(Disclosure: I work on this at EFF)