Canadian Heritage committee  Madam Chair, the plan was for the industry department official to give his presentation first. Would that be okay with you?

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much. I am happy to be here today to speak to you about the importance of copyright as a policy tool to promote creativity and innovation. In fact, more than ever, copyright and the opportunities for remuneration that it provides creators and creative industries i

Canadian Heritage committee  There are about 90 jurisdictions that offer artist resale rights. Germany's an example. Australia is another example. Mark is correct. One of the challenges we have is actually finding data that would allow us to see the anticipated impact of adding this to the Copyright Act. Yo

Canadian Heritage committee  We need to be able to understand the economic impact it would actually have on both the creators and the art market more generally. Some would make the point that it will make it more profitable to actually have art being sold out of the U.S. rather than Canada. There is no data

Canadian Heritage committee  What would be the purpose of the photocopying? Is it for educational purposes? Is it for commercial purposes or non-commercial purposes?

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mark. To build on what Mark just said, it's one of the very few copyright issues where there's almost unanimity. It is a cornerstone of our entire framework. Many of our stakeholders in the creative industries have to go to the board. It takes a long time, and the boa

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, it depends on which industry you are from. In some industries, including music, for instance, the way they go about enforcing the rights is by organizing themselves through collectives. It's a better and more efficient way for the individual creators to be able to enforce c

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll turn to my music industry expert.

Canadian Heritage committee  I think this brings to the forefront the importance of copyright literacy. As you can all appreciate, copyright is complicated. It's complicated for experts. If you're a music producer down in your basement in Timmins and you are trying to enforce your own rights, there is some n

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. It depends on the way in which you define hot issues. The definition will clearly change depending on the point of view of the person involved in them. When I mentioned the Copyright Board of Canada, I said that it seemed to be one of the rare issues where views seem

Canadian Heritage committee  I will answer first and then I will hand over to my colleague, Mr. Schaan. I would say that one of the major challenges is transparency. I have already talked about copyright literacy, the basic knowledge that allows creators and authors to understand what they have to demand wh

Canadian Heritage committee  I just want to add something. In 2015, the European Commission, the European Union, that is, published a report on compensation for creators. We would be pleased to send you a copy of that report. Of the issues that the researchers identified as fundamental, transparency was num

Canadian Heritage committee  One of the challenges with transparency is that copyright is part and parcel of the contractual relationship between creators and record or production companies, as governed by the Act respecting contracting by public bodies. Confidentiality issues make it hard for legislators to

Canadian Heritage committee  The question the committee may want to ask itself is whether tweaks to the act will change that in a positive or in a negative way. In my opening remarks I did insist on the importance, in our view, of considering remuneration of the creators, which this committee has been tasked

Canadian Heritage committee  The Copyright Act already provides mechanisms that allow creators who feel aggrieved to assert their copyrights. It also includes a notice and notice regime that allows Internet service providers to notify individuals when they violate the Copyright Act. Some countries have take