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Her Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of
Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances,
in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled ``An Act
to establish the Library and Archives of Canada, to amend the
Copyright Act and to amend certain Acts in consequence''.
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This enactment creates the Library and Archives of Canada as the
successor to the National Library and the National Archives of Canada
and provides for the appointment of its head, the Librarian and Archivist
of Canada.
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This enactment provides for functions and powers of the Librarian
and Archivist that are a modernization of the present functions and
powers of the National Librarian and National Archivist of Canada and
integrates their formerly distinct missions. The regime for legal deposit
of publications has also been updated to provide for the deposit of
electronic publications. A new power to preserve the documentary
heritage of Canada as found on the Internet has also been introduced.
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This enactment amends the Copyright Act by providing for a longer
term of protection for unpublished or posthumously published works of
authors who died before 1949. The new terms of protection are
extended for varying periods, depending on the date of the author's
death and whether or not the work is published during the particular
periods in question. Furthermore, requirements for archives holding
unpublished works in their collections that were deposited before 1999
to obtain consents from copyright holders for the making of certain
copies of those works and related recordkeeping or owner-tracing
requirements have been removed.
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This enactment makes several consequential amendments to
relevant legislation and contains transitional provisions and
coordinating amendments.
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