Industry committee  There are two ways. First of all, there is this notion of activities that are made with, say, a “motive of gain”. Without getting into the details, it's an expression that has been used by the Supreme Court of Canada in analyzing and determining exactly what constitutes a charit

Industry committee  Exactly or, quite frankly, even more simply than that, they'll just waive the charitable registration they've obtained from CRA and say, “That's the end of the matter. I qualify.”

Industry committee  That's what we need to straighten out. It's a clarification. To be clear, we're not suggesting—

Industry committee  Absolutely not. As Eric, I think, well said earlier, we're the first to come forward and, in cases even where the exemption may not apply, donate our licence for these causes. So it's just a matter of—I always hate to use the word—a loophole, but perhaps this is a good example.

Industry committee  I'm not here to point the finger at specific organizations.

Industry committee  The Montreal jazz festival, a very popular international music festival, pays us royalties, as it should. That isn't the case with other large festivals, including here, in Ottawa, or even in Toronto or Vancouver. Those festivals are registered as charities for tax purposes. Wh

Industry committee  They would essentially be the heirs or descendants of the creators and publishers of the musical works created by the authors in question. From our perspective, this should not be a controversial issue. We're essentially asking for the same treatment for our members, who ask us,

Canadian Heritage committee  That's right. A lot of discussion earlier today, or some discussion earlier today, was on the current exemption for commercial radio stations, the so-called $1.25 million. It' a very short section. It just needs to be deleted.

Canadian Heritage committee  It should be deleted because it represents nothing more than a subsidy that has been provided for way too long. I hear discussion about mom-and-pop stations. Well, mom-and-pop stations' revenues are lower than the big stations. If your revenues are lower, when it comes to SOCAN

Canadian Heritage committee  That is something I'd be happy to get back to the committee on after taking a closer look. To be fair on some of these issues, they are ongoing. They haven't necessarily come to a landing on all of them, but we'd be happy to report on those activities as part of a document for t

Canadian Heritage committee  From my perspective, the problem with enforcement is that it takes forever. If you get into a dispute, in the way that SOCAN and other collectives have, on issues such as online liability and whatnot.... I was there in 1995 when SOCAN was the first society, the first collective,

Canadian Heritage committee  First of all, it's a great question. I think it's interesting that when you look at the key asks—if I can put it that way—that the music industry stakeholders have put forward, they in fact can be corrected with very little legislative change. You talked about the obvious examp

Canadian Heritage committee  You noted our recommendation regarding the term of protection. In fact, several countries long ago adopted protection of up to 70 years after the author's death. Consequently, we can't really say that progress has been made. That's a historical decision that was made 20, 25 or 30

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm definitely talking about the European Union countries, starting with France. We have some additional information on the subject in a document we will be submitting to the committee. We can provide you with an exact list of countries.

Canadian Heritage committee  Lastly, I would say we're beginning to realize something, and our SODRAC and CIMA colleagues mentioned it this morning: dumb pipes, that is to say, simple transmission channels, are not as dumb as we thought. Internet access providers enjoy and greatly benefit from access to the