We believe that copyright, as it is now, works. We understand that the artists are complaining. We do believe that there are solutions that need to be put in place, but we don't believe that those solutions mean reviewing the Copyright Act.
Part of the solution is that—and this is something I will address tomorrow with the other committee—we believe that some of the use of music should be brought under the Broadcasting Act and should be regulated. For example, if you play a radio in your retail outlet, the radio station is subject to the minimum Canadian content requirement, the 35% that my colleague was explaining earlier.
If you use the services of a commercial background music supplier.... Stingray is one of the biggest music suppliers to commercial outlets in Canada. We're not subject to any Canadian content requirement. We can play whatever we want. We made a submission in front of the CRTC last February. We proposed that commercial background music suppliers be subject to the same Canadian content minimum requirement, so that if you use the Stingray service in a commercial outlet, you will be hearing the same type of Canadian content as if you play radio or if you listen to your TV channel in your home, because TV channels are also subject to the same Canadian requirements.
That's one example of our saying this is where we need to make sure that royalties are going to Canadian artists and that we hear Canadian artists, but not review the Copyright Act.