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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
Can you, or another poster, explain this from Article 18.83 Paragraph 4:
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The way I read it:
Most countries will go to life+70 immediately, so for example Canada which is currently life+50 there will have a 20-year gap where nothing falls into the public domain. But New Zealand has a transition period of 8 years where it will be life+60, so instead of a 20-year gap there will be a 10 year gap, followed by 8 years where some life+60 stuff will fall into the public domain, then a 2-year gap before life+70 stuff starts to fall into the public domain.
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The Parties understand that, in applying Article 18.10 (Application of Chapter to Existing Subject Matter and Prior Acts), New Zealand shall not be required to restore or extend the term of protection to the works, performances and phonograms with a term provided pursuant to the previous sentence, once these works, performances and phonograms fall into the public domain in its territory.
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I think the above clause is needed to ensure that the stuff which falls into the public domain under the transitional life+60 rule will not have to be removed from the public domain again once full life+70 rules take effect.