As I interpret an official Trans-Pacific Partnership summary produced by the New Zealand government, the book copyright term will, if the TPP is ratified, increase to a minimum of life plus 70 years:
http://beehive.govt.nz/sites/all/fil...A-Oct-2015.pdf
Quote:
TPP sets high standards in many areas. New Zealand is already an open, transparent and trade-friendly country, which means only a fraction of TPP’s obligations will require changes to New Zealand’s current practices.
The only significant cost comes from extending New Zealand’s copyright period from 50 to 70 years. This cost – in terms of foregone savings on books, films, music and other works – increases gradually over 20 years and averages around $55 million a year over the very long term.
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I believe the affected countries are:
Brunei
Canada
New Zealand
Malaysia
Japan
Vietnam
One effect on Americans, like myself, is that we will no longer be able to legally load an eReader, when visiting Canada, with many books in the public domain there, but not in the US.
I infer from the word "gradually," in the New Zealand link, that works already in the public domain will stay there.