Yes, as a group at ITAC, when we look at the competitiveness of our sector and there are various subsectors wanting to decide who they will measure themselves against in aiming for leadership, and we canvass them about the kinds of things they look at when they decide to invest or to put a lab or an operation in a particular country, the solidity of the intellectual property regime is one of the elements they look at.
In Canada we have an intellectual property regime that is very good in some aspects, being more balanced and better than these regimes in many other places, but it is weak in the protection against counterfeiting. We are an industry that is changing extremely fast in terms of business models, new markets, and new offerings to consumers. Those markets involve some people who say, well, I'm going to almost give the product away and get ad revenues; or some artist is saying, I'll have people pay what they want for my music.
But the fact is that unless the intellectual property regime protects the rights of those who want to protect their rights, then we cut off a whole series of business models. While the marketplace is going to sort out what works and what doesn't and what is best for consumers, the base has to be there so that those who want to protect their rights can protect them.