Industry committee  Certainly the two exceptions that I talked about, the $1.25-million exemption and the definition of sound recording, contribute to that, because the use of music in audiovisual media is increasing. People are consuming music through YouTube, and increasingly through audiovisual m

Industry committee  It's exempting them from being paid on it entirely, and they're the only group that are being exempted from being paid on these uses. Or, in the case of radio, they're taking a reduced rate on these uses. As I mentioned before, given that the money that we collect is distributed

Industry committee  They're both affected at the same rate, because they participate 50% in the income.

Industry committee  Thank you. My name is Ian MacKay, and I am the president of Re:Sound Music Licensing Company. I welcome the opportunity to participate in this committee's critical work in reviewing the Copyright Act and its impact on the music industry and musicians. Minister Joly has stated

Canadian Heritage committee  If I can add to that, just in terms of radio, I would totally agree with Solange that radio has proved to be much more resilient than people thought it would be. In 1997, at the time that neighbouring rights were brought in, they said that radio was in trouble, radio was on the w

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. My name is Ian MacKay. I'm the President of Re:Sound Music Licensing Company. Thank you for the opportunity to address the committee today on this critical issue. This is something I am particularly passionate about, having worked in the music industry for 25 years as

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, that would be in accord with what is going on in other territories.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  The United States does have a private copying regime. I'm not sure exactly how it works, but certainly in Europe it's the way it works.

Canadian Heritage committee  It's mostly a question of ensuring that the board has the resources to do what it does and of making sure that the timelines can be reduced. Since the industry has changed so much, the board is faced with more and more things that it needs to deal with. At the same time, the mus

Canadian Heritage committee  There's definitely a challenge as the music industry changes and music consumption changes, to make sure that the way music is being consumed is monetized, and monetized in a way that allows artists to continue to make a living in the music industry and people to continue to inve

Canadian Heritage committee  Sure. In terms of what I was presenting, the funding there is royalties. It's royalties for the play of recorded music on radio. It exists but it's reduced by what I think was meant to be a transitional provision in the act that limited the amount of royalties that were paid. Th

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and members of the committee. My name is Ian MacKay, and I am the president of Re:Sound Music Licensing Company. Re:Sound is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to obtaining fair compensation for artists and record companies for their performance and c

Bill C-11 committee  They would pay in addition to what they're paying now; they would pay the $18,000 for the first $1.25 million.

Bill C-11 committee  The royalties that radio stations would pay more of would depend upon the size of the radio station. A radio station that was right at the $1.25 million mark would pay about $18,000.