Finance committee   bills before Parliament right now. They cover the role that copyright plays in gaining access to what may be protected by copyright, such as vehicle software. This is one of the major aspects that will help ensure that consumers can have their vehicle repaired. The changes

Bill C-244 An Act to amend the Copyright Act (diagnosis, maintenance and repair)

R.S., c. C-42 Copyright Act 1 (1) Paragraph (a) of the definition circumvent in section 41 of the Copyright Act is replaced by the following: (a) in respect of a technological protection measure within the meaning of paragraph (a) of the definition technological protection

Industry committee   des droits de reproduction, which offers copyright and royalty management solutions for users and rights holders. Associated with the International Publishers Association, the largest publishing federation in the world, we promote publishing as an economic, cultural and social

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a point of clarification. Some stakeholders, including many of you today, have raised concerns that the artificial intelligence and data act does not adequately protect the copyright of Canadian creators. That's been well established today

Industry committee   as the environment, from the harmful effects of AI systems. The main theme for today's witnesses is copyright. That's heartening because we are convinced that Bill C-27 has a major role to play in this area. The Canadian government recently conducted a consultation on the impact of generative

Industry committee   affairs. We appreciate the committee's invitation. Generative AI threatens the ecosystem of creativity on an existential level. Creators should have the right to consent and be compensated whenever an AI entity uses their copyrighted content. As we stand at the crossroads

Industry committee  Yes. Thank you for the opportunity to comment on that. You can go about it either way. Either you can say that there are no exceptions for AI, that AI is like everything else, and you can do it in a bill like Bill C-27 and go back and reference the Copyright Act, or you can

Industry committee  . I really appreciate your being here. Let me just start with that. One thing I keep hearing is conversations on intersecting with copyright. That's fair enough. I get that there are intersections of Bill C-27 and copyright, although we know that Bill C-27 doesn't deal

Industry committee  Yes, I wanted to discuss the distinction between the Copyright Act and Bill C-27. The Copyright Act governs rights holders, whereas Bill C-27 concerns the construction and management of generative AI models. It's important to regulate that industry by means of obligations

Industry committee  Again, I take the position that of course it's copyright. It's not even debatable to me. I know some people believe otherwise, but I don't understand it. In order for the rest of the copyright framework to work, I have to know what it was trained on, so the people who rightfully

Industry committee   and performers, we are kind of on the outside looking in to the protections of copyright. We take a step back and say that the first problem for actors is that they don't have moral rights under the Copyright Act to protect them to begin with. Musicians got moral rights when Napster came

Industry committee  Yes. Thank you for the question. Our view is that, while the Copyright Act offers a number of protections, when we look at the definition of “harm” within AIDA as it exists there currently, it is limited to individuals. Copyright law applies to individuals but also collectively

Industry committee  You're probably referring to products that are purely generated by AI. In the brief we recently submitted to the departments of Industry and Canadian Heritage concerning the interaction between copyright and generative AI, we object to the idea of granting copyright to products

Industry committee  In the copyright laws, a few decades ago, when Napster happened, there was a decision made that they would give a certain level of copyright. There are different levels of copyright. This is called the moral right, and it allows musicians to defend music. When they have music

Industry committee   trepidation you folks have within the AI space or within that technology. Eleanor and Marie, I'll start off with you. Is the impact of AI greater on the copyright side or the AI side, in terms of generative AI, where you may not need the individuals? I want to get that clarification