I've been struggling to find a set of principles as we go through this. Many international references have been made in terms of ensuring that we match some of our international partners. I'm assuming that we need to have some principles, but they'll be mitigated to some degree, or at least influenced, by the international standards that are put in place. I've listened to this submission and many others, trying to find out what those principles are. I think I heard today about at least a balance of power and ensuring that we're providing livelihoods. Throughout much of the testimony there seems to be a sense of the change that's taken place, which has been dramatic.
To each of you, were things a lot better with respect to the principles 40 years ago? Are those principles things that can be transported or interpreted for utilization today in terms of the copyright issues we're talking about? Reference was made to our rates being the lowest in the world and therefore not being balanced or not being competitive. I'm trying to look at the international references and the principles. We want to have a fair payment system.
Reference was also made to moral control. I'm interested in how we interpret moral control and what moral control means. What are the creator's moral rights that you referenced? I'm trying to find some of the principles that underline this within the context of internationality as well as what's happening locally. How do we then create a system that will allow us to have those moral rights and have the principles that we want to have nationally? How will we put those within an international context that will make sense so that we're able to protect them beyond this boundary?
If all of you could make the principles really clear and change my life, I would be forever indebted.