Industry committee  Yes, there are recommendations. In fact, we have made a number of them. A committee examined the issue, and Artisti prepared a brief on that occasion. If you are interested and think it's useful, I can send it to you.

Industry committee  Of course. I'd be happy to do so. It was in response to questions we had been asked. This is also one of our major concerns. We're still a small collective. Although we distribute $43 million to our 4,500 members, we do not have the same means as SOCAN, for example. For small co

Industry committee  It's right in the act. It is section 68.1. The heading describing the content of the section refers to “transitional” measures. Since it says so, it was supposed to be transitional. That was in 1997. How long is it transitional?

Industry committee  Yes, and that would be $8 million more a year to split between performers and producers of sound recordings. That's significant. Earlier, Ms. Prégent proposed an amendment to the definition of the term “sound recording”. If this definition were changed and we could collect equit

Industry committee  In Canada, first, if you are clicking on a video, a specific video, you are doing it “on demand”. When it's done on demand, in principle, it should be covered by the contract between the artist and the producer. That said, often, if you request a video, and then stop asking for

Industry committee  Yes. The Berne Convention sets out the three-step test that I mentioned earlier, but there is also the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), and the World Intellectual Property Organization treaties that were put in place in 1996. I am refe

Industry committee  I mentioned it this morning because I was quoting from a study by Mihály Ficsor. He has recently published a study analyzing the exceptions that apply to literary works. He said that, in his opinion, the Canadian exceptions do not meet the three-step test I just mentioned. Howeve

Industry committee  I don't have any statistics per se, but consultations were held from city to city, across Canada. You may have heard about the testimony given on that occasion by Pierre Lapointe, a well-known artist in Quebec. He said that, for 1 million plays for streaming music, he received a

Industry committee  Okay, but anyway, you needed thousands of plays to be able to afford it. However, a number of artists are often involved in a single sound recording. This is the case with symphony orchestras, for example. It then takes a multitude of streaming plays to generate even small amount

Industry committee  Actually, as a collective, we try as much as possible to ensure that the royalties collected for the use of performers' work do not decrease over time. Unfortunately, many exceptions were introduced in the Copyright Act when it was modernized in 2012, and that certainly makes thi

Industry committee  So far, the treaty has been ratified by 18 countries only, I believe. Yes, 30 countries must ratify it for it to be fully in force. It is a treaty that grants all exclusive rights to performers in the audiovisual sector, including moral rights, which is important.

Industry committee  Our recommendation has two components. First, guidelines should be incorporated into the act so that the tariffs of the Copyright Board of Canada align with those that apply to our neighbours to the south. Streaming should have the same value, whether in Canada or the United Sta

Industry committee  First, we recommend that the private copying regime also be extended to the digital audio devices that make the copying of music possible, not just to blank CDs, as is the case today. Creators should be paid royalties for the use of their work, regardless of the medium used. Se

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. I'll even use this document as a reference. It's the test that states the following three principles. First, where exceptions are introduced into the act, they must be limited to certain special cases. In 2012, a range of exceptions were introduced into the act. So that coul

Canadian Heritage committee  Artisti represents all copyrights held by performing artists. For example, they will collect fair remuneration from Re:Sound. We heard Ian MacKay talk about that earlier. They'll also collect private copying royalties from the Canadian Private Copying Collective. We also have o