Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Let me qualify what you're saying.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  First of all, we expect them not to pay as much for the second copy, a very small percentage of what they originally paid for what they purchased. So we do expect them to pay a bit, not as much, but to pay nonetheless, because every single copy generates value. People wouldn't be

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  It is important to bolster the legal market. It is important to go after those file-sharing companies, but I don't think you will ever be able to eliminate them completely. Even if you do, it doesn't account for the music that's already out there on the Internet, free floating. Y

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Ms. Morin, please, and then I'll answer the rest of the question.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  We're not talking about piracy here. I'm all in support of any bill that fights and gets these guys out of business. Experience over the last 10 years, since 1999, has shown that you kill one and another bunch spring up in China, where you absolutely have no judiciary authority t

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Are you talking about digital locks? Can I address that question?

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Absolutely. Since the government, with this bill, did not completely scrap the levy on blank CDs, they do recognize that copies have value. I don't understand why they're only keeping it on devices that are phased out. They're becoming completely obsolete. I would like you to t

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Absolutely. As I mentioned before, we have become entrepreneurs. We create value in the economy, and value needs to be compensated. Consumers enjoy what we create, they make copies that have value, and that value needs to be paid for. We have a high overhead, we make a huge inve

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Thank you, Annie. My name is Sophie Milman. l'm a jazz singer, and l'd like to share with you what the levy means to Canada's artists. It helps us fund our recordings, music videos, and tours and to pay our musicians, tour managers, recording engineers, webmasters, make-up artis