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Originally Posted by ekbell
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.  |
Could be. As I said, I'm OK with you northerners trying it out. There's some danger of U.S. retaliation for violation of trade laws. But most people down here don't care about books. So long as you don't change the copyright rules for music and film, you'll probably get away with it.
Web search shows that local newspapers are dying in Canada just as in the U.S. Links can be found saying that it's for the same reason -- papers in both countries being bought up by U.S.-based hedge funds. Other links, closer to what I think, say it is happening in many countries, and that a key factor is the ease of getting free content. So Canada could do an experiment. Change Canadian copyright to force the prices libraries pay for eBooks down to the point where there aren't significant waits. Then see what happens to the quality of books about Canada past and present. Of course, that will be a judgment call, but if I'm still around and alert in a few decades (I'm 64 now), I'll be interested to make it.
P.S. I just checked two recent University of Toronto Press history titles at random. Unlike most comparable U.S. university press titles, both were offered to OverDrive.
Good job Canada!.
P.P.S. I just noticed that those same Canadians are
charging the general public equally for the eBook and the hardcover. Horrors! (Not to me.)