The Public Domain Enhancement Actcanada's house of commons rejects copyright term extension
April 06, 2004
Anne heirs fail in copyright bid
WebPosted Apr 6 2004 10:48 AM AD TOTTAWA
A bill to extend copyright protection which would have benefited the heirs of Lucy Maude Montgomery has been rejected by the House of Commons. The bill would have extended copyright protection for the unpublished works of dead authors until the year 2017. The bill would have appled to authors who died between 1930 and 1949. Montgomery died in 1942. The L.M. Montgomery estate and others were lobbying the federal government to extend the protection for unpublished works. Once copyright protection expires literary works become public domain, so that anyone can publish the material without permission and without paying.
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