Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the question. First of all, we are saying the Copyright Act should not be touched because the proposals to eliminate the exemption in section 68.1 and to change the definition of “sound recording“ should not be implemented. A balance has been achieved and we believe

Canadian Heritage committee  That's really interesting. I'd like to thank Mr. Nantel for bringing up the difference. It is true there's a difference between the English market and the French market. This exemption is really helping small local businesses such as radio stations, but what we were trying to s

Canadian Heritage committee  It's really refreshing and sad, but it's true that we used to be in an ecosystem that was largely protected from foreign competition. We are all seeing the impact of this on the broadcasters and on the artists here, because we have all these new players coming from everywhere and

Canadian Heritage committee  It's on the first $1.25 million of advertising revenue, and then the additional tariff kicks in at a higher rate on additional advertising revenues.

Canadian Heritage committee  Revenues vary widely from market to market and depend on the radio format, that is, whether the stations are primarily news and talk radio, or primarily music, and according to the type of music. There is a wide range among the 600 radio stations we represent.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. We're saying that the current balance achieved in the copyright in terms of broadcasters' contribution with remuneration to artists is fair. Obviously, when we listen to that, we get the sense that the issue is not so much within the regulated broadcasting industry, but

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for your question. People often think that radio plays an isolated role. When people appear before committees as we are doing today, the main topic is the remuneration of artists. Yet radio is clearly a medium that supports artists and culture in Canada. We also play

Canadian Heritage committee  Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, we want to thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss issues relating to copyright, including remuneration for content creators. These are matters which are integral to our busin

Industry committee  CMRRA-SODRAC are tariffs that are paid for the reproduction of musical work when they are used on radio stations.

Industry committee  We really are big supporters of culture and Canadian artists. We are promoting them, paying royalties, contributing in content development every year. We are true supporters of Canadian artists. It's a bit frustrating for us, too. As my colleague was saying, it's more of a contr

Industry committee  Yes. I don't really have an answer for you as to how we undo this thing.

Industry committee  That's a tariff that has been filed before the Copyright Board for reproduction works for SODRAC. It did go to the Supreme Court and we will respect that. They decided that was the way that the act had to be interpreted, so there's going to be an additional tariff to be paid by b

Industry committee  Do you mean with this last proposal?

Industry committee  I think we never had a chance to discuss it. This is new to us, but we think measures that would help Canadian artists are good. If regulation were to be put on background music suppliers to increase Canadian content, I don't think we would be opposed to that. I think we would su

Industry committee  As I said, maybe we have to look at it from a different viewpoint. I said that Bryan Adams was before this committee, and he proposed something that is very different, something outside the box. That could probably be achieved through legislative changes or something different t