Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  We have not specifically addressed that in detail, but we'd be happy to provide something later. What we have specifically addressed is some very simple language to, pardon the expression, liberalize the TPM regime that would probably allow exactly what you're suggesting to happe

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Mr. Angus, in the U.K., Australia, and the United States there's no levy. Yes, there are lots of lawsuits. Those mass lawsuits are being thrown out by the courts right, left, and centre. There will be a way—

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Nobody's encouraging that, but if we put in the levy that the music industry wants, the inevitable consequence is that you legalize all kinds of downloading, which many in the industry consider to be piracy. That's why the industry itself is so badly split on it. The recording in

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Or maybe we wait for the industry to develop a new business model, after all these years.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  In Canada the industry has come to rely on this revenue stream. By their own figures from the CPCC, it generated about $160 million over ten years, distributed to 97,000 copyright owners, many of them large publishers. What that means is that the average musician who received a

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Mr. McTeague, as Mr. Oakey said, the RCC in no way favours piracy in any way, shape, or form. I think that $5,000 is a lot of money for most Canadian households; it's about a year's tuition at university, as I understand it these days. It's enough to make people notice. Some peop

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Mr. McTeague, that's a completely different issue. It has nothing to do with this issue. They do not get that exemption.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Thank you, Mr. McTeague. The best example I can give is the one that was in the Supreme Court of Canada three years ago in which the Retail Council of Canada intervened. Kraft, big multinational Kraft, tried to use copyright in a highly technical way to block the importation of