Canada Extends Copyright Protection Another 20 Years to Meet New Trade Obligation

Canada Extends Copyright Protection Another 20 Years to Meet New Trade Obligation
Books are shown on a bookshelf in Ottawa on Jan. 7, 2011. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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There will be no new books, songs or plays added to the public domain in Canada until 2043 after the government squeezed in a change to copyright laws just before the end of 2022.

Until Dec. 30, copyright protection applied to literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works for the life of their author plus another 50 years.