Industry committee  Most actors and recording artists receive very modest compensation for their time spent recording a work, whether it’s a film, a series, or a song that is enjoyed and exploited for profit for decades. There is value in their performance. Performance draws us in, keeps us engaged,

Industry committee  I want to address three issues that are important to the recording artists and musicians we represent through ACTRA RACS, some of which will echo what we have just heard from Music Canada. One, we ask that Canada stop relying on artists to subsidize profitable media corporation

Industry committee  To echo what Graham said, a lot of this money is sitting outside what we consider to be the music industry. In terms of neighbouring rights and equitable remuneration, the performers and the makers share that fifty-fifty. I can't here, right now, speak to or support what you're s

Industry committee  Yes. It would benefit the songwriters, the publishers, the performers, and the labels, and I think the performers perhaps even a few percentage points more than the labels. Really, we're talking about the health of the entire industry, and we're looking for the redistribution o

Industry committee  To add with respect to your question about how it would be distributed, there's already an effective system in place. The CPCC collects the money and distributes it. There is a very efficient system in place already, and that's the system—

Industry committee  There was a radical drop because of the way the court interpreted the—

Industry committee  Absolutely. If the levy applied to the devices, I don't think we'd be here right now asking for this.

Industry committee  The levy is the long-term solution, and that's the copyright reform that we're seeking, but it will take time to enact that. In the interim, the CPCC will be providing a detailed proposal, and I think they're appearing in front of you on Thursday. They can give more details abou

Industry committee  It is, yes.

Industry committee  It's based on calculations. Back in 2004, I think the level was at $38 million. Private copying has actually increased, doubled since then.

Industry committee  It's any device that we use to make copies of sound recordings. It's important to remember that back when we were making those mix tapes and those CDs, it was an infringement. The private copying levy was introduced to compensate artists rather than starting to go after all the

Industry committee  As a performers' group, we've been very pleased with the CPCC, the process, the operations, and how the pot is divided.

Industry committee  No. That's only for performers and label.

Industry committee  Again, performers and labels are the ones that are subject—

Industry committee  Correct.