Canadian Heritage committee  I'm also in favour of clarity, but you have to maintain the current balance between user rights and creators' rights. Compensation for creators should not be considered a constraint that you have to disregard in order to achieve greater flexibility. That doesn't give artists any.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'd like to add something to what Roanie said and I'm speaking right now solely on behalf of the artists. If there is any expansion of this notion of fair dealing, you will strip artists of income and you will also impose on them the financial burden of proving that they own thos

Canadian Heritage committee  Not fair dealing--fair use.

Canadian Heritage committee  Oh.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. When you rely on fair dealing in Canada, there are really very few lawsuits because the exemptions are clear. From the moment they no longer are clear, everything is open to debate.

Canadian Heritage committee  I can't say that there would be a lot. However, there would be a higher probability of a lot of them.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm going to ask Roanie to do it instead.

Canadian Heritage committee  In addition, every time, it's an individual case, a specific issue. We haven't created a framework as a law would. One case is added to another, which is reduced by the next one, and so on. You move forward one step at a time, then you move backward.

Canadian Heritage committee  What Roanie just said is that the act should be technologically neutral. In particular, people have started thinking that flexible is synonymous with free and have skipped stages. From the moment they do that, we're no longer heading in the right direction. Flexibility does not m

Canadian Heritage committee  Good morning. My name is Danièle Simpson. I am president of Copibec and vice-president of the Union des écrivaines et écrivains du Québec. I would like to thank you for this opportunity to present the views of those two associations on the impact of digital development on the boo