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Canadian Heritage committee I thought it was $21 billion.
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Geneviève Côté
Canadian Heritage committee We see that emerging from last week's CRTC report. We may finally decide to invite the GAFAs to the table, the players that enjoy the wealth produced by the use of content, both content used as a loss leader to promote device purchases and music that people merely listen to. Those businesses must share that wealth with the people who create and produce content.
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Geneviève Côté
Canadian Heritage committee That's for sure. It's what Me Daigle was saying about private copying. We think this system should absolutely apply, regardless of what the music is copied onto. Not a lot of blank compact discs are sold any more.
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Geneviève Côté
Canadian Heritage committee In fact, it's $38.72.
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Geneviève Côté
Canadian Heritage committee It's the amount received by those of our members who have received royalties. You know how to calculate an average: you take the total amount of royalties collected and you divide it by the number of people who have received royalties. Since our members include stars like Drake and The Weekend, the average of $38.72 means that other members received only five cents or a dollar.
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Geneviève Côté
Canadian Heritage committee It's the annual average for 2017.
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Geneviève Côté
Canadian Heritage committee Thank you, Madam Chair. My name is Geneviève Côté, and I am Chief Affairs Officer at SOCAN. My colleague Gilles Daigle is SOCAN's General Counsel. SOCAN is the society that manages public performance rights for authors, composers, and music publishers. We currently have 150,000 members, and we also represent the global repertoire of music works in Canada.
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Geneviève Côté