Canadian Heritage committee  I would add that I personally believe that piracy is simply the cost of doing business now. I think it should have been dismissed long ago, frankly. I don't think anyone is going to legislate it away, or impose criminal penalties that are going to be a significant impediment to i

Canadian Heritage committee  You asked, is there a problem? I believe that a problem exists in both directions. The first direction, as Mr. Albert mentioned, is that we pay a significant percentage of our revenues, the majority I would say, to take care of the rights on royalties. I believe strongly that art

Canadian Heritage committee  So far, we have preferred the approach of taking some of the subscription revenue that we have received from Canadians and directly investing that back into promotions towards our own platform. It's not entirely self-interest; it definitely has to be a mix of both. I can't speak

Canadian Heritage committee  Two of my favourite metaphors apply here. One is the complete breakfast approach. Music as a primary revenue source for artists may change in terms of importance, but I think the clever artists and the passionate artists will find ways to build that complete breakfast with their

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Chair, and members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to speak here today. My name is Justin Erdman. I'm a drummer, a huge music fan—heavy metal, in particular—a 12-year veteran of the Canadian music business, and the Canadian managing director for Deezer, the most w