Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, in every country there's a—they're called mechanical rates, and those are based on units sold. It's formulated to the country, and they're all within a relative range. We've worked with those rates for many years. It's not an issue we're talking about on a physical unit sold

Canadian Heritage committee  We lost the creators' assistance program, which was part of that funding. That was hard for a lot of the songwriter organizations. We're still recovering from that. We provided a lot of programming and a lot of events for up-and-coming songwriters, to teach them skills. We're doi

Canadian Heritage committee  We have a very specific request for that. We think it needs to be studied. We need money to do research and that's what we're doing now. This takes economists; this takes data. It all takes a lot of resources and we're a small organization. Any support that we can get from the go

Canadian Heritage committee  I'd like to say first off that over the last 10 years I think there has always been a lot of finger pointing: you're to blame, you're to blame, and you're to blame. I think that the more collaborative an approach we can have, the better. I would look at the ISPs as our friends, a

Canadian Heritage committee  Maybe I can jump in here. I think there are a couple of things we need to talk about here. I think the Musicaction and FACTOR have been very successful programs and they're an excellent way for someone to get into the industry. They're also a very good way for small businesses to

Canadian Heritage committee  That's a great question, and a very complicated one. I don't actually pretend to have all the answers, but I'll give you a couple of examples that you might find interesting. If you have a million plays of one of your songs on Rhapsody, for instance, that will get you $11,000.

Canadian Heritage committee  Good morning. My name is Greg Johnston, and I currently serve as one of two vice-presidents on the board of the Songwriters Association of Canada. On behalf of the S.A.C., I'd like to express our thanks for the invitation and opportunity to speak with you this morning. The S.A.