[zero-rated]

What about works that are already in the Public Domain but would not have qualified under the new laws? Will they revert back to the copyright holder?

[walterbell]

It appears that NZ and Malaysia negotiated exceptions that will delay the new laws, so there will be no new public domain material for many years, but old material will not be affected. It also appears that Canada failed to negotiate such an exception, so public domain material from the past 20 years would revert.

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2015/10/canada-caves-on-copyright...

http://beehive.govt.nz/sites/all/files/TPP-Q&A-Oct-2015.pdf

[walterbell]

response to zero-rated:

> Quick clarification: when you say "public domain material from the past 20 years would revert" is that only work that originated in Canada, or for everything?

Ian Fleming has been used as an example, so probably everything. Nothing is certain until the Canadian text is public.

[zero-rated]

Thank you.

Quick clarification: when you say "public domain material from the past 20 years would revert" is that only work that originated in Canada, or for everything?