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Canadian Heritage committee Well, a little bit, but the truth is that you can make a lot of money by giving things away.
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Jacob Glick
Canadian Heritage committee No, not that I'm aware. We still have shareholders and we're doing okay, and that is a function of the way we've been able to use online advertising.
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Jacob Glick
Canadian Heritage committee Sure. Thanks very much for those questions.
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Jacob Glick
Canadian Heritage committee With respect to Google books, maybe it's better if you and I meet individually. I'm happy to go over the project in depth with you.
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Jacob Glick
Canadian Heritage committee With respect to the broader question of what our digital strategy should look like and what role there is for regulation, I think there is a role for government to play. I don't mean to say there isn't. Maybe as the discussion unfolds we can talk a little more about what that rol
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Jacob Glick
Canadian Heritage committee Do you mean what the department should be focusing on?
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Jacob Glick
Canadian Heritage committee I guess part of my message is not to fetishize particular forms of content. Don't fetishize television or movies over online content. The whole world of creative endeavour, professional and otherwise--to go to Ms. Lavallée's question--is a worthy part of Canadian culture. All o
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Jacob Glick
Canadian Heritage committee Yes. I mean, here is my skepticism on a digital strategy; all the kids are talking about it these days and it's all the rage in Ottawa. I wouldn't want to pour cold water on that, but things change so rapidly that if we dally and set up a royal commission or whatever, three years
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Jacob Glick
Canadian Heritage committee Well, certainly the federal government has a big role to play, and we're all expecting copyright reform in the next few months, as proposed by the industry minister and the heritage minister. This committee and the industry committee will certainly play an important role in that.
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Jacob Glick
Canadian Heritage committee Yes, thank you.
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Jacob Glick
Canadian Heritage committee Thank you.
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Jacob Glick
Canadian Heritage committee Thanks very much for the question. I apologize for not being able to understand the question in French, so--
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Jacob Glick
Canadian Heritage committee It's not as good as yours, but....
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Jacob Glick
Canadian Heritage committee You're right. I presented a very rosy picture. There are challenges that the online universe poses and I'm sure you will hear about many of them in the course of your study. One of the most vexing challenges has been that of digital piracy. There are no easy answers to digital
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Jacob Glick
Canadian Heritage committee Sir, the Google book search project is one that we're very proud of, for a couple of reasons. One is that we have partnered with authors and publishers all around the world to make their content, with their permission, available to users.
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Jacob Glick