Fair enough, and you did mention that you think the creators should be fairly compensated for their work. We've had a number of creators come before us, and to be honest with you, I was shocked when they started talking about the drop in income, they said 70% to 90%. But, fair enough, those are statistics. The overall amount that shocked me was they were talking about how they used to get $2,000 and now they're paid $300. I didn't meet anybody who was getting particularly rich off these tariffs.
In fact, I even asked my sister, who happens to be a publisher, and she said, yes, she gets a cheque from Access Copyright. I can't remember what it was, it was a few hundred dollars. It was insignificant to her. She couldn't be bothered to look it up.
What would be fair compensation for someone who writes a book? Maybe they spend a year writing a book, so what would be fair compensation?