Consultation on How to Implement Canada's CUSMA Commitment to Extend the General Term of Copyright Protection

Authors

Carys Craig, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Ariel Katz, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
Lucie Guibault, Dalhousie University Schulich School of LawFollow
Graham Reynolds, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia
Bita Amani, Queen's University, Faculty of Law
Sara Bannerman, Canada Research Chair in Communication Policy and Governance, Department of Communication Studies & Multimedia, McMaster University
Pascale Chapdelaine, University of Windsor, Faculty of Law
Myra Tawfik, University of Windsor, Faculty of Law
Samuel Trosow, University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law and Faculty of Information & Media Studies

Document Type

Response or Comment

Publication Date

2021

Keywords

Intellectual Property Scholarship, Copyright Policy, Canada

Abstract

As a group of Canadian Intellectual Property Law scholars, we write regarding the Ministers’ recently launched consultation on extending the term of copyright protection in order to meet Canada’s CUSMA commitments. With this letter, which we jointly submit in response to the call for comments, we wish to express our shared concerns about both the proposed term extension and, more immediately, the inappropriately curtailed nature of this consultation process.

Recommended Citation

Joint Submission from Canadian IP Scholars to The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, The Honourable Steven Guilbeault & The Honourable David Lametti (31 March 2021), "Consultation on How to Implement Canada's CUSMA Commitment to Extend the General Term of Copyright Protection", online: Government of Canada < www.canada.ca > [perma.cc/S9XB-WTSU].