More on the Lucy Maud Montgomery bill....W.J. McLean, The Impact of Bill C-36 on the Archival Public Domain. A detailed look at a bill that would extend the term of Canadian copyright for a certain class of works --namely, previously unpublished works by authors who died between 1930 and 1948 inclusive. Groups defending the public domain oppose the bill. The only apparent supporters are the heirs of Lucy Maude Montgomery, author of the book series about Ann of Green Gables. The bill may be debated in the Canadian Parliament as early as this month. (Thanks to Klaus Graf in Archivalia.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 9/01/2003 03:15:00 PM.
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.
