Bill C-11 committee  I'm talking about MP3 players and any kind of digital reader, in fact.

Bill C-11 committee  If they are used for the same purpose as an iPad or an iPod, then the answer is yes.

Bill C-11 committee  This is not at all the amount we had in mind, and I would say that our position is more general. The works are property. If they are used, people must be compensated, and the compensation must, of course, be reasonable. There is an organization that can decide what reasonable is.

Bill C-11 committee  People in the music industry might be able to give you more clarification on this, but I can tell you that, right now, when you buy music legally, you are allowed to copy it to various formats, to your iPad, for example. Sometimes you are allowed up to three, four or five uses. B

Bill C-11 committee  We are also concerned about the fact that works are circulating more and more, particularly audiovisual works. Although it isn't perfect, private copying is one way to partially control use, if not compensate it. With the decrease in private copying, there will be no private audi

Bill C-11 committee  To date, the source has been the buyer, so, the user, and the Copyright Board was in a position to set an appropriate levy. If we're talking about balance in the act, there are licensing bodies and a Copyright Board. Here, in fact, there is an unequal power relationship. It's su

Canadian Heritage committee  Your question is very broad indeed. First of all, I think that general interest television networks, which most often have created priority programs, are now competing with the specialty channels, and they have fewer and fewer resources. The financial issue under study could be

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. My name is Yves Légaré, Director General of the Société des auteurs de radio, télévision et cinéma, SARTEC, which is a recognized union under both provincial and federal law on the status of the artist and which represents 1,250 members in the audio-visual sector. SA