nafta and copyright

According to the BNA Patent Trademark and Copyright Reporter, Dorothy Shrader said that NAFTA contains a partial commitment from the U.S. to grant coyright protection retroactively to Mexican and Canadian works that are in the public domain in this country because of the author's failure to comply with U.S. formalties such as notice and renewal. Does anyone know anymore about this. This is truely frightening for people who are trying to determine what is in the public domain.

Mary Brandt Jensen       	   "The definition is pursued to its logical
Professor of Law                   conclusion in a long series of cases. 
University of South Dakota         ... We do not pause to consider whether
School of Law			   a statute differently conceived and 
414 E. Clark St.		   framed would yield results more 
Vermillion, SD 57069-2390	   consonant with fairness and reason.


(605) 677 6363			   We take the statute as we find it."

(605) 677 6357 fax		   Benjamin Cardozo, Anderson v. Wilson

CNICOPY[_at_]CHARLIE.USD.EDU		   289 U.S. 20, 27 (1933)
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