Canadian Heritage committee  I did.

Canadian Heritage committee  No investigations have been done on this. However, we receive at least one request a week from authors whose books crop up on files like Torrent. Since I am Kim Thúy's publisher, I know that his novel Ru has been pirated repeatedly. When we see that Torrent technology has been used to download, we send a lawyer to let people know that they do not have the right to do that.

Canadian Heritage committee  I will jump to our conclusions.

Canadian Heritage committee  Perfect.

Canadian Heritage committee  In fact, I was almost done.

Canadian Heritage committee  I was talking about digital models. Publishers adapt their commercial models to respond to demand from clients, which is increasingly diversified. That said, let's not kid ourselves: if the future is tending toward more digital works being produced at all levels, we will have to recognize that publishers have professional digital experience.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll give you the general basic average. The author receives 10%; the bookstore receives 40%, and the distributor receives between 17% and 20%. As for the remaining 33%, if my calculations are correct, it goes to manufacturing, marketing and employees.

Canadian Heritage committee  It goes to production, so to publishing and also marketing. The publisher pays for all that, including printing costs. When the books come back, someone has to pay the bill.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, and it is the same mostly everywhere in the country. Sometimes it is only 8%.

Canadian Heritage committee  I am going to discuss what the 2012 act did not accomplish. As ANEL mentioned recently in its testimony before the Standing committee on Industry, Science and Technology, that law did not manage to curtail piracy. Not only is it proliferating, but the tools put in place to frighten the offenders are not effective.