Thank you, Madame Lavallée.
What do I think of his testimony? Well, unfortunately, it was misinterpreted by some.
I know, having read his testimony, that Mr. Henderson was talking about his concern--and the concern of the music industry and ourselves--that only 5% of music on the Internet these days comes from legitimate copies. What he's concerned about is the other 95%, which is a result of illegal file sharing and which we all wish the government could do something about.
He was here to talk principally about the fact that illegal file sharing is killing the music industry. That's what his opening statements were all about.
In questioning, he was asked about the private copying levy, and he said it's an ancillary use; it does provide income to the companies. But he doesn't want the private copying levy to legitimize illegal file sharing. That's what his point was.
But just to be clear, if I can read from his testimony for the record, what he said was:
We do support levies like this. We are also a member of the CPCC through our membership in the NRCC.
That's the Neighbouring Rights Collective. As we are. We all--