[d at DCC] Chronology of Canadian Copyright Law

[Wallace J.McLean]

>   Can you clarify.  Is that 28 years + 14 years for a possible 
> total of 42?

Yes.

  This would suggest that the term extension was:
> 
>   a) Remove formalities and renewal  (a very bad idea, but made 
> more 
> sense in this pre-ICT era than it does today)
>   b) extend term by 8 years.

By a minimum of 8 years. It went from a fixed term of publication+28
(+14) to life+50. The calculation is completely different.

>   I'm curious what your thoughts are on the Berne question about 
> whether Copyright not being "subject to any formality" actually 
> removes the ability to require renewal.

According to Lessig's theory, renewal formalities would be allowed, 
despite Berne, for copyright terms beyond the life+50 horizon, but not 
within it.

What international copyright treaties now need are MAXIMUMS, otherwise 
the maximalist agenda will never be stayed.