The New Zealand government estimates that this change alone will cost NZ$55 million per year for a country that is one-ninth the size of Canada. The additional 20 years will keep works out of the public domain for decades. The biggest change is a requirement to extend the term of copyright from life of the author plus 50 years to life plus 70 years. Despite the prior government’s claims that the deal was largely consistent with current law, the reality is that the TPP will require significant changes to Canadian copyright. The Trans Pacific Partnership agreement is still not public – the text may not be released for sometime – but with the leak of the intellectual property chapter, the implications for Canadian law is already well known.
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