That's how long it's been since Canada signed two key World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) treaties addressing piracy in a digital age. Why does that matter? Because the Canadian government still hasn't passed enacting laws. The US did so right away with the DMCA.

Now the Canadian government has committed to moving forward with implementation, and the music industry there is particularly hopeful. The US has been formally pressing for stronger IP protection in Canada, and the nation to our north again made the US State Department's Special 301 watch list with nations such as Brazil, Turkmenistan and Vietnam. (In fairness to Canada, they did not make the priority watch list led by Russia and China.)

It will be interesting to see what steps Canada takes to make its laws more hospitable with creators' rights and with the treaties it signed ten years ago.

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This entry was posted on Monday, November 19th, 2007 at 9:37 am by Patrick Ross and is filed under copyright law, creators, piracy. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.