A sure sign that one is aging is when one doesn't keep up with the technology, Mr. Chairman. I figure if that's a sure sign, then I'm really aging. I've just had a good discussion with my colleague Madam Keeper. She referred to how, even two or three years ago, technology that is commonly talked about today and commonly used wasn't even talked about then--podcasting, for instance.
Would it be useful for us as a committee, Mr. Chairman...? I appreciate the two briefings we've had now on the history of and the more recent changes to copyright legislation in this country. I know it would be very useful for me, and if it's not going to be offered by the committee then I'll venture to.... Due to the simple fact that I mention it today, I'm sure I'm going to get two or three calls tomorrow, offering me this briefing.
Would it be of use to have a more technical briefing in terms of the current technology the industries are using, whether it's television or recording and broadcasting or radio or copying or whatever, and perhaps with a tag in terms of the copyright considerations of each technology and the copyright battlegrounds, if you will, so we have some sort of flow chart of the difficulties we'll be facing as a committee, or that the government's currently trying to come to grips with, as they flow from technology and fit in our international obligations? We can't just legislate in a vacuum; we have to be aware and mindful of the impact we would have on our international obligations, so we need some sort of flow chart that gives us the entire stream of this, from technology, to international obligations, to the battlegrounds as we see them.
I don't know if that even exists, or if it's asking too much, but I suspect it might greatly facilitate the work of our committee when we get legislation.