Canada looks to be following on the heels of the U.S. in granting copyright extensions. Here it’s been dubbed the “Lucy Maud Montgomery Copyright Term Extension Act” because the unpublished works by the creator of Anne of Green Gables would enter the public domain January 1, 2004 if this doesn’t pass. If it does, Anne would be protected until 2018.

Despite the fact a business is fighting for the works to be public, this must sound familiar to Americans.

Apparently the Writer’s Union of Canada supports the amendments, and would like to extend copyright here to 70 years following death of the creator as both Europe and the U.S. does. Why? Some involved have said it protects the creator’s rights to earn a decent livelihood for their work. I think I’m missing something…

In the spring of 1996, when I was just starting to build rudimentary sites after teaching myself HTML 3.0 in a week, Nick Finck launched a great publication. Congratulations to Nick and Digital Web on its seventh birthday. Although I’ve only recently joined its staff, I’ve been a longtime fan.

Ed Nixon brought this to my attention a little while ago, and in that time his list of blogs on Web standards and accessibility has grown exponentially — it’s the ideal blogroll for anyone interested in these topics.