We have to remember that the Copyright Act is economic legislation that creates a framework for remunerating rights holders. The act organizes compensation for the various rights holders and is vital to the music industry.
For several years, however, it has been greatly weakened by technological developments, but also by certain decisions that have been made. The requests being made today are intended to “fix” the Copyright Act, which is tending to become obsolete, specifically by modernizing its provisions about private use copying and by revising its definition of “sound recording”.
These are things we see elsewhere, such as in the European Union, where some countries have decided to revise their laws because they were out of sync with how our industries operate today. The purpose of both of our requests is purely to bring us into line with our partners, because this remuneration is provided for in other countries.