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Canadian Heritage committee Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Thank you to our witnesses. Thank you to Mr. Posner and Mr. Novotny for describing how the current rights paradigm for multimedia platforms is really changing. Ms. Dorval, you talked about section 68.1 of the Copyright Act. You told us a bit
September 25th, 2018Committee meeting
Steven Blaney
Canadian Heritage committee Can you explain the mechanics of how it works? It's $100 per....
September 25th, 2018Committee meeting
Steven Blaney
Canadian Heritage committee The $1.25 million are the revenues of an independent radio station, if I understand correctly. What are the average advertising revenues of an independent commercial radio station?
September 25th, 2018Committee meeting
Steven Blaney
Canadian Heritage committee Mr. Novotny, I think it was you who mentioned that the artists who produced the movie Mishka get $3,000 per month in revenue, but this revenue is not, I would say, trickling down to those who own the creative rights. Is there any possibility that this $3,000 could either be inc
September 25th, 2018Committee meeting
Steven Blaney
Canadian Heritage committee Absolutely, I understand. What you're saying, in a nutshell, is that in an ideal world, if there were possibilities to get more transparency on the way this $3,000—in this case—is being distributed, that would be the ideal way.
September 25th, 2018Committee meeting
Steven Blaney
Canadian Heritage committee Thank you.
September 25th, 2018Committee meeting
Steven Blaney
Canadian Heritage committee Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I want to welcome our witnesses. I also want to take this opportunity to congratulate them. They represent some very successful Canadian businesses—and there are many in Quebec—that work in a very dynamic sector. My first question is for you,
September 25th, 2018Committee meeting
Steven Blaney
Canadian Heritage committee Just for my knowledge, in those video games, when you are using artistic material, are you paying copyright to those artists?
September 25th, 2018Committee meeting
Steven Blaney
Canadian Heritage committee Thank you. Ms. Francoeur, you say you made a recommendation here, and to the CRTC, concerning what you call background music. Could you tell us about your proposal?
September 25th, 2018Committee meeting
Steven Blaney
Canadian Heritage committee Fine. Madam Chair, I am going to share my speaking time with Mr. Shields.
September 25th, 2018Committee meeting
Steven Blaney
Canadian Heritage committee I will continue on a more serious note. I will speak to Ms. Rioux. I also am new to this committee. I have an engineering background. When you said that remedies in the digital age no longer exist, I liked it and I didn't like it. It would seem that we are witnessing a majo
September 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Steven Blaney
Canadian Heritage committee But you came up with four recommendations, including the 50 to 70 years. Do you have an opinion on this particular one?
September 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Steven Blaney
Canadian Heritage committee Do you prefer the 50 to 70?
September 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Steven Blaney
Canadian Heritage committee Ms. Rioux.
September 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Steven Blaney
Canadian Heritage committee In a nutshell, you feel that the 50 to 70 is more valuable at this time. Is 25 too short, or is the principle? Would 35 be better?
September 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Steven Blaney