Industry committee  I'm not an expert on international copyright developments, but I think Jay has a lot of experience in this area. I'll defer to him.

Industry committee  I think that's consistent with the comments of Shaw. I think just speaking at a very high level, there are myriad commercial relationships between artists and the different enterprises for whom they are producing content. At one level, it appears very simple to advocate the int

Industry committee  Yes, we discussed the need for clarification, and I will let Jay speak to the particulars of how that might happen. To answer Mr. Lametti's question earlier, Shaw wasn't a member and isn't a member of the FairPlay coalition, but we did file a supporting brief. The reason, consis

Industry committee  Thanks. I don't want to rank ourselves vis-à-vis our colleagues. I think we've done very well with the rollout of the skinny basic, and I think our customers have responded. It suits some of their needs. It's available, and it's the basis for all packages on which we build. Whet

Industry committee  Yes. I just wanted to clarify something Rob was saying. I think there are a lot of things to be explored about the role of over-the-top services per se within the system. I also agree with Andy that, to a large extent, in terms of pure copyright, it's a matter of the contractua

Industry committee  Would not support.

Industry committee  I would echo what Rob said. I think price is also a bit of a red herring. We offer various packages. We offer pick and pay. We've gone through a huge metamorphosis of our businesses over the last few years in terms of the way we address consumers, and we're making huge investment

Industry committee  Thank you. Good afternoon Mr. Chairman and committee members. My name is Cynthia Rathwell, vice-president, legislative and policy strategy at Shaw Communications. With me today is Jay Kerr-Wilson, a partner at Fasken, whose expertise is copyright law. We appreciate the opportun

Bill C-11 committee  Thank you. Currently notice and notice is a voluntary undertaking. We receive, as Monsieur Brazeau was saying, over 100,000 notices per month. At this point we do not have an automated system with which we can issue notices, and therefore it becomes very important going forward