Marrakesh Treaty Archives

Canada to accede to Marrakesh Treaty and extend copyright term in sound recordings

The Canadian Government announced today that it is making amendments to the Copyright Act to enable Canada to accede to the Marrakesh Treaty and to extend the term of copyright protection for performers and makers of sound recordings from 50 to 70 years. The announcement was made as part of the Government’s Budget and is expected to be enacted as part of a budget implementation bill to be tabled in Parliament within the next few days.

The Budget described the Government’s intentions in relation to the Marrakesh Treaty as follows:

The Government will propose amendments to the Copyright Act to implement and accede to the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled.

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Dr Ficsor on the Marrakesh Treaty

Dr Mihály Ficsor, one of the leading experts on international copyright and the former Deputy Director General of WIPO, has published a comprehensive commentary on the Marrakesh Treaty for access to works for the visually impaired. His synopsis of the paper is as follows:

The Introduction to the Commentary points out that the limitations and exceptions foreseen in the Treaty – as also proved by the WIPO-Unesco Model Provisions adopted in 1982 (under the chairmanship of the author of the Commentary ) – may also be applied (and, in many countries, are applied) on the basis of the existing copyright treaties in accordance with the three-step test.

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