Harry nicely summarized the way I see one part of this:
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Originally Posted by HarryT
This is the way it was done in Australia, when it changed from life+50 to life+70 some years ago. Works that were already in the public domain stayed there; there was simply a 20-year hiatus on any new works entering the public domain.
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This morning I noticed that
Cory Doctorow has a different interpretation of the New Zealand government TPP summary than I do (part I disagree with bolded):
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According to the bulletin, the TPP signatories will have to retroactively extend their copyright terms, giving longer copyrights to works that were created before the agreement was struck, and taking works out of the public domain and putting them back into copyright's restrictions.
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Generally speaking, Mr. Doctorow has a stronger command of the English language than I do. However, when the full text comes out in a few weeks, we'll see who is correct regarding the above.