Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and members of the committee. Thank you, in particular, for arranging for us to meet here, under the spirit of the printed word, which rises behind you there, Mr. Chair. Books have an important role among other media. They are authoritative, prestigious, lo

Finance committee  Briefly, we're tremendously grateful for that increased investment in the arts. I think the Canada Council for the Arts plays an irreplaceable role in the arts generally. Many of our members benefit from the support for publishing and writing that comes through the council. The

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. I am Glenn Rollans, President of the Association of Canadian Publishers, known as ACP, and co-owner and publisher of Brush Education in Edmonton. I am joined by Kate Edwards, Executive Director of ACP. We acknowledge that we're

Industry committee  Thanks for your question. The solution part is amazingly simple. Over the years, I've grown used to hearing this be presented as a very complex issue. The solution is to relicense. Licences that were in place before the amendment to the Copyright Act were low-cost, and they cov

Industry committee  The quick answer to this—thanks for the question—from our standpoint is that TPMs for us were a major issue when we were talking in 2012. They've receded into the background at this stage. I think in many ways they're an issue that has been solved by technology and by relationshi

Industry committee  When we were looking at the proposed amendments before they were passed into law, we raised the issue—particularly around the inclusion of education as a purpose for fair dealing—as being something that was lacking the good fences that make good neighbours. We have no differenc

Industry committee  I can't. I confessed at the beginning that I'm an Alberta publisher. I'm not familiar with the study. Perhaps Kate my colleague has a better handle on that.

Industry committee  Could I just address that?

Industry committee  I'm sorry to interrupt, but that was a national study. I was confused by the reference to it as an Ontario study. It wasn't a study of fair dealing or copyright. It was a study of digital opportunities in LMS marketplaces.

Industry committee  No, but I would have to say I believe in fair dealing. I think most copyright creators are also copyright users. We're not looking for a world where there's transactional clearance of every use of copyright. It doesn't make sense and it doesn't recognize the rights of a user. Wha

Industry committee  I'm sorry to say this, but there is, in my mind, no bright line. Every work is different. A poem may be a matter of 50 words, and a textbook—

Industry committee  What's there in the licences is variously 10% to 20% of a work or a complete chapter. That works for me under licence.

Industry committee  Depending on the sector being licensed, it's 10% of a work or 20% of a work or a complete chapter. Those were the terms in the licence. That's what's been named now in the unfair copying practices.

Industry committee  I think that works as a licence use. As a pre-use, it doesn't work.

Industry committee  Without knowing more about the licences, it's hard to be specific about that. What I can say is that, in some ways, we're talking about a distraction. If somebody says they're spending a lot of money here, and then when facts are examined in court or at the Copyright Board, the e