I do not think this can pass. I think it would be incompatible with EU law, which has higher priority than local country law.
EDIT: Seems this is actually to align EU and UK law:
> The repeal of s. 52 was brought in by statute - by section 74 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013. The rationale for the repeal was that UK law was incompatible with the EU following the Court of Justice of the European Union's decision in Flos v Semeraro (Case C-168/09). The purpose of the repeal was to align the period of copyright protection across all artistic works and to eradicate inconsistencies between the term of protection afforded by copyright in different Member States.
http://www.wragge-law.com/insights/commencement-of-repeal-of...
I thought this ("writing to my congressman/MP") was an American thing.
In real life, does anybody actually expect them to pay attention, and not directly toss all these mails in the dustbin (or e-dustbin)?
That is why you see not that much pictures of the Atomium in Brussels online or on postcards. But I was under the impression that Belgium will implement it in the future as the situation is clearly ridiculous.
Look at how TUPE is implemented across the EU and you will see how this works compare the Uk and Spain