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7 October 2015Copyright

TPP to include ‘life plus 70-year’ copyright term

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will require all countries signed up to the agreement to adopt a ‘life plus 70-year’ term of copyright protection, the New Zealand government has said.

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6 October 2015   The 12 countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership have reached a provisional agreement, which reportedly includes a greater harmonisation of intellectual property laws.
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