An article in Saturday's Globe and Mail, is entitled Bill's death opens diaries of Canadian notables. The article is by James Adams, and is on page R16 of the Review section for November 15, 2003. The fall session of Parliament was shut down this week,
so Bill C-36, which "would have extended copyright protection of unpublished works by deceased authors is probably dead unless Parliament is recalled sometime between now and the end of the year, a scenario most observers consider highly unlikely". If Bill C-36 is indeed dead, then unpublished works by deceased Canadians, such as Lucy Maud Montgomery and Stephen Leacock, can enter the public domain unhindered, as of January 2004. [For some previous items about Bill C-36, see: Canadian copyright bill passes; More on the Lucy Maud Montgomery bill; More on piracy from the public domain…].
Posted by
Jim Till at 11/16/2003 10:59:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
