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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
Here's my modest proposal. Canada should pass the kind of copyright changes implied by your link. Then we'll see what happens to the creation and sharing of Canadian ideas over the next couple of decades. My prediction is that books about whomever is your current Prime Minister will become almost unreadable. But if I'm wrong -- if it really looks like there are at least as many wonderful books about Canada's past and present published before and after -- only then should other western countries consider said proposed destruction of the big five model.
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At the present point in time many if not most serious Canadian publications are already at least partly subsidized by some federal or provincial Cultural/Heritage program due to the expensive research for a small market problem. There might be a decrease in books or an increase in tax-funded budget size but there's unlikely to be a big difference in viewpoint or quality.
I predict that the few books being written about the good-looking guy with the proper political heritage who is our current prime minister will continue to be much as they are.
