In the United States the production company or the producer is effectively the author and owns all rights. They're our largest partner. The CMPA and I, personally, over the years have lobbied for a clarification that the producer be identified as the author. I thought it was a very astute question to ask if there is a difference between the economic rights and the moral rights, and indeed there may well be. That could be a useful compromise in the end.
To me, this is not a technical amendment. I want to make it clear that the directors perform an absolutely valuable service and a vital service in the creation of an audiovisual work, as do the writers, as does the director of photography—the camera work is essential—as do the editors, as do the sound editors, as does the music score, as do the actors. In a typical Degrassi, we use about 150 different people, all of whose contributions and talents are vital to the success of the show.
There's one person who gathers those people together. There's one person who decides that this is the right mix so that the team spirit is there, and that this is the approach for it to be appropriate for The CW as opposed to being appropriate for HBO. One person raises the money to do all that. That person is the author, and that person is the producer.