Industry committee  I would agree with the gentlemen. It's somewhat outdated. The information on us is outdated on there. We're listed, but it takes years and years to—

Industry committee  Yes, we could certainly submit something to you. Essentially, we are definitely opposed to the reproduction exemption for educational purposes because it infringes on our activities, but we are especially concerned about its ambiguity. This vagueness creates a lot of grey areas

Industry committee  Yes. As a company, we have definitely lost revenue. As I said earlier, we lost 30% to 35% of our revenues as soon as the act came into force. Many producers of educational films, which depended on the education sector, lost up to 90% of their revenues. Those producers were in fa

Industry committee  I have to admit that it is quite recent. We are facing unfair competition in a sense from Netflix, iTunes, Google Play and all those companies. Technically, the films we can rent on Netflix are for personal use. There are, however, many situations in which these films are shown

Industry committee  Obviously, we're a bit different from music. We're in film and cinema. We represent major American studios mostly, and some Canadian content. Obviously, these are big companies. The revenue they generate in Canada through film is quite large, but that is a separate sector from us

Industry committee  From our perspective, it's educational institutions. We feel that the exceptions are too broad and undefined.

Industry committee  One of the major arguments that was mentioned five years ago was that a lot of these small independent documentary companies would have a lot of difficulties with the new regulations and the educational exceptions. It's come to fruition that a lot of these companies have either g

Industry committee  My name is Jean-François Cormier. I am from ACF in Montreal. We're basically a non-theatrical rights representative for Canada, meaning that we manage public performances for major studios and films. Our role is to make sure that public performance licences are issued for all t

Bill C-11 committee  Similar to Criterion, about 70% of our revenues come from the educational sector and public performance, so very few companies can survive any length of time with a 70% reduction in their revenues. Our company would close quite immediately. We've been in business since 1966. We

Bill C-11 committee  Well—

Bill C-11 committee  For us, proposed section 29.5 specifically mentions “cinematographic” works. That specifically targets our industry. What we're asking for in the amendment is that schools and school boards may be exempt from copyright in regard to film, but only if those rights are not availab

Bill C-11 committee  Well, I think what he meant before was available from a collective agency.

Bill C-11 committee  Basically, we are a rights representative for thousands of films—documentaries, etc. Under current copyright laws, educational institutions have to purchase a licence from us to be able to show our products legally. This is what we do with most school boards, schools, and post-se

Bill C-11 committee  Yes. We provide film guides, etc.

Bill C-11 committee  What we've heard so far in almost all testimony from various parts of the educational sector is that they haven't asked to be exempt from paying. They have been paying for licences for decades. They have no problem with continuing to pay. Nothing forces these organizations to pur