Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you to the witnesses. I really appreciate the clarity that a number of you have brought to the question of fair dealing, specifically fair dealing for educational purposes.
I really hope that this changes the debate on the committee, because to this point, I think it has largely been portrayed as a government attack on creators, which it's not, and an attack on the copyright collectives related to education, which it's not. I think it's important that we recognize those things.
What it's really about...and I'd love to get your feedback on this.
Mr. Davidson, you said that it took us 25 years to figure out what to do about the photocopier. But the reality is that if we go back to that period of time and compare it to this period of time, technology is changing so quickly. Education has to meet this evolution and progression that's occurring. If we don't, we fall behind, and we run the risk of falling behind at an exponential pace compared to 1975, when the photocopier was first coming to prominence.
Can you talk about why getting these rules right--and I would invite some of the rest of you to comment on this--will help our educational facilities meet the demands of tomorrow and will help our students be better prepared for the challenges of the digital economy?