CISAC President and Vice Presidents call on Canada to ratify CUSMA to extend terms of protection for creators

In a letter sent to the Government of Canada, CISAC President Jean-Michel Jarre and Vice Presidents Angélique Kidjo, Marcelo Piñeyro, Miquel Barceló and Jia Zhang-ke have called on the early ratification of the trade agreement between Canada, the United States of America and the United Mexican States (CUSMA). The trade agreement would align Canadian law with the copyright framework of the vast majority of countries by enacting the extension of the term of protection for authors from 50 to 70 years.

The Government of Canada is considering delaying the introduction of this extension for authors and music publishers after the maximum period allowed by CUSMA of 2.5 years. Canada is the only G7 country with an outdated term of copyright.

Canada’s authors and publishers deserve to be fairly recognised for their work and enjoy the same protection as their overseas peer authors without delay.