Thank you.
Before the committee makes a recommendation to the government, I want to make sure that we have an understanding of the proper role of government in any endeavour, whether music or not. We're talking about a cultural heritage; we're also talking about economic support. Nowadays the government gets involved in all of those things.
But I am going to ask a couple of questions about whether or not this.... We talk about the fact that it's tougher for artists to make a living. I guess my first question is why artists who get paid a few cents per stream or .00-something cents per stream license their music to these people. If it's not profitable, then why do they do it?