Rocker Bryan Adams calls for changes to Canada’s copyright laws to help artists
OTTAWA — Eighteen Till I Die? How about waiting until 25 years after you die?
That’s how long it takes under Canada’s copyright laws for artists to regain the rights to the material they produce, internationally renowned Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams told a House of Commons committee Tuesday.
“So if you write a script or you write a book or you write a song, and you assign your copyright to a company, you have to wait 25 years after you die to get it back,” Adams told the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.
“That needs to change.”