Entry to Public Domain of Canadian Authors Lost for a Generation

As an author who depends on royalties as part of my income I am coming more to the opinion that copyright should not be reformed, it should be abolished entirely for the sake of humanity. I'd gladly give up what I make to live in a better world for my children. But then I have to remind myself, this isn't about us creative types. It never was.

If you compare the success of cross border attempts to harmonise copyright and environmental, human rights or consumer protections laws it feels like the changes that make rich people slightly richer and poor people slightly poorer do much better than the ones that make rich people slightly poorer and poor people slightly richer.

Lost for a generation? No. They're still available to anyone who is willing to pay the writer/artist/creator. Those who want to make copies without sharing anything with the original artist or his/her estate, though, will have to wait. That's not the same thing as being lost.

what a terrible cultural disaster this would be for Canada. i hope ya'll can avoid this!