Bill C-11 committee  We don't really want the six factors to be written into the act. The court is going to apply the six factors no matter what. That's what the Supreme Court looks at and how it analyzes it; it has done that for a long time, and recently, in the CCH case, it codified it. We are co

Bill C-11 committee  I'm sorry; I can't hear you.

Bill C-11 committee  But you could use the whole sound. I think Stephen Stohn said there were wraparounds.

Bill C-11 committee  You can—

Bill C-11 committee  Well, you shouldn't, but you don't know what will happen if you do.

Bill C-11 committee  We have about eight amendments that affect particularly the writing and publishing community and that we would really like you to look at very carefully. We've given them to the clerk.

Bill C-11 committee  The fair dealing provision as it's now presented in Bill C-11 is going to open the door so broadly that we are extremely worried about the position of writers. We're also very worried about the user-generated content provision that has been talked about, because that, as worded,

Bill C-11 committee  One of the things about the substantial adverse effect is that you won't be able to tell until after it's happened. It doesn't allow you to complain in advance, so by the time—

Bill C-11 committee  One of the things is that these are very small infringements, in a way, and they're done by a lot of people. If one of these works, these mashups, starts circulating around the Internet, one of the things that could happen is that the cumulative effect of all these small infringe

Bill C-11 committee  I'd just like to say that the statutory damages provision is extremely important to the Writers' Union. There is a great deal of piracy on the Internet now. We hear about music a lot, but it's also happening with books and with articles and so on, so it's very important. Statuto