27) explicitly drop out of the 1971 copyright convention / Paris convention (Which was required to ratify upon entry to NAFTA #1

it will interfere with dropping copyright protection for US materials - if we are serious enough to drop out of WIPOCT, NAFTA2/USMCA, TRIPS and want to do this we're going to have to drop out of the 1971 paris convention

but realistically, so many of our problems with copyright stem from this 'universalizing' agreement that attempted to bridge the gap between berne and non-berne copyright systems and internationalize copyright control over global culture. Even on its own merits -- the goals which it set out to accomplish by existing, it has miserably failed -- canada should have long since recognized this openly and been talking about getting rid of it, but there's one reason why we won't: pressure from the USTR to make our copyright system more restrictive, more maximalist. Well that pressure should now be ignored.