I guess somewhere there is a solution. A year and a half ago, the APFTQ started working with a committee on new rights and new platforms. We've done our homework. We've had some research done and so on as to what the models in the world were and how they were working. We tried to look outside the box. We prepared a report that we submitted to all broadcasters in Quebec, and we had the opportunity to discuss this with them.
Of course, as you're saying--and you're quite right--the economic model is not known yet. Who's making money in all of these things, in YouTube and all of these other manifestations we see around the planet, we don't know yet. But of course we are open. The producers have clearly stated to the broadcasters that we are open to looking at the new economic model. We're willing to discuss this with the rights holders, who are the writers, comedians, directors, and so on. And we're willing to explore a model of sharing the revenues of those new platforms. But so far, no broadcaster has come back to us and said, all right, what would be a fair way to look at that? What should be left to the broadcasters? What should go to the rights holders? What should stay with the producers? So far the reality is that right now the broadcaster asks the producer for all of the rights forever.
We can't sell them. In the actual legal framework of labour relations in Quebec, it's not something we can sell because it's not something we have. All we have are licences to exploit a product on XYZ platform. That would means for us reopening the entire way of doing business that has been going on for the past 40 years. It's not going to happen soon. It's not something that can be done within weeks or months. It can only be envisaged if we feel somewhere that the broadcasters are willing to be a part of the discussion. We cannot determine that by ourselves. So far we have no signals from the broadcasters to do that.
We do feel that CBC/SRC should, as a matter of fact, exercise a certain leadership in that particular case. It's the public broadcaster. If CBC/SRC were to take the leadership as to how it's going to work in this new environment, it could certainly open the way for all of the other broadcasters, be they Vidéotron, COGECO, or Shaw.