Copyrighted Image? DMCA | Canadians got an unpleasant surprise in the budget yesterday when the government announced that it would be extending copyright for sound recordings by 20 years, up from Canada's current term of life of the creator plus 50 years.
The move comes on the heels of the flawed implementation of Canada's Notice and Notice system, which has left Canadians exposed to abusive and misleading copyright notices from foreign media giants, with virtually no reaction from the federal government, other than to admit that we have a problem. |