Keeping cultural works locked away for decades restricts access and stifles creativity. Reform is needed to restore public domain access.

  • nyan@lemmy.cafe
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    44 minutes ago

    Proper reform would require pulling out of . . . I think it’s three . . . large international treaties with a lot more signatories than just the US. Copyright terms have been too long for decades, not just since the last trilateral trade treaty.

    One thing we could do immediately without having to negotiate with anyone outside the country is abolish crown copyright, though. It wouldn’t free up a lot of stuff, but it would be a start.

  • HonoredMule@lemmy.ca
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    4 hours ago

    It’s just another example of Canada letting the U.S. dictate our IP laws to their media moguls’ benefit, for the sake of trade. These are the things Dumpster does not count in the balance of a deal yet presumes is entrenched even after reneging on that deal.

    If the deal is ripped up, it should be ripped up entirely.

    We’re being gifted more freedom to make sure our own laws are working for us.

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    3 hours ago

    US IP laws are a tool of global oppression similar to the USD.

    Everyone went along with or because America controlled the trade routes and generally pretend to be the good guy…

    America is no longer a good guy and it can’t control the trade routes without its huge alliance networks.

    And just like that one old clown destroyed the empire to benefit Russia and china

    And we all sat with dicks in our hands asking democrats to do something