Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Hello and thank you for being with us today.
My question is for several of you.
Representatives of various organizations have told us about the fees charged for the right to use authors' copies and about the fair dealing exception. I have some questions for you in this regard.
Access Copyright and Copibec asked our committee not to give too much weight to the data showing that spending on acquisitions and licences and on reproduction rights can be excessive. According to Access Copyright and Copibec, in our digital era, we have to make a distinction between acquiring an educational work and reproducing it.
Do you make the same distinction between acquiring a work and reproducing a work? The costs that people incur are primarily for the right to acquire licences and not to reproduce excerpts of works. What is your position on the distinction between acquiring licences and reproducing works?