Okay.
I will go over my three recommendations again.
The first is to recognize the existence of Creative Commons licences as a positive support for our cultural vitality and to make sure that the legal texts that deal with those licences are in compliance with Canadian law.
That said, creators must be compensated. To encourage our creators to get Creative Commons licences, because they benefit our culture, the grants have to be on a scale. This is about the community being more generous to creators, who are generous to the community with their rights. That is the second recommendation.
In this situation, there is more access to culture, and some types of Creative Commons licences allow use for commercial purposes. So we have to find a way to compensate creators who are even generous enough to provide the right to use their works commercially.
However, some types of licences do not allow use for commercial purposes. So what do we do to compensate the creators who demonstrate such great generosity? I feel that my two colleagues have said it this morning: we require Internet service providers to contribute to the culture, because they benefit from it in full measure by providing the transmission.
However, I would add one thing. Considering the political climate we are in—we all know that the tech sector lobbies are very strong—my third recommendation is to put in place a transitional measure as we wait for the new provisions to have the force of law. We know that reviewing legislation takes a long time. So we could have incentive programs under which Internet service providers could allow their end users to make a voluntary contribution to the culture they are consuming. That would not just by paying Spotify $9.99, but by adding a dollar to their Internet bill, an amount that the service provider would agree to match.
By doing so, we get a win-win situation whereby the consumers of culture and the Internet service providers contribute to the creation and regeneration of culture. Basically, we end up collecting revenue that can be redistributed in various ways. These could include general licences that can be negotiated between the Internet service providers and the various collective rights organizations, such as SOCAN, SOPROQ, SODRAC, Artisti, Ré:Sonne, and so on.
Those are my recommendations in a nutshell.