Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Mr. Angus, I agree that the WIPO treaties permit much more flexibility than is in this bill. We agree with that. There's no problem under the treaties about having exceptions as long as they meet the three-step test and other provisions of law, so we can allow for fair dealing an

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Here is a very good example of why we need to allow consumers to exercise the benefits of technology by enjoying the software that they've paid for or that their family has sent over from India with regional coding, as well as by using their hardware. In 1982—I'm answering your

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  I just want to say that I'm here as a counsel to the committee. I'm not here in my own capacity. I just want that on the record.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  It was the same last week, and if I come again, it will still be the same. Mr. Fast, that was a very good question. First of all, it's not the intention of the CCLA to diminish the income of writers and people who deserve income. The question is, how many times extra do they nee

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Thank you, Mr. Fast. Before I answer Mr. Fast's question, I'd like to respond in a few seconds to what Madam Lavallée suggested that I've—

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Peut-être. I can tell you that you won't hear from me in my personal capacity.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  I think the question is probably a fair one for the CCLA, and although Madame Des Rosiers will have the last word and it's not in our brief, I'm quite confident that she and her organization would not want to see overly repressive and disproportionate penalties levied on individu

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  In fact, the United States has a much more generous notion of fair dealing, yet they still provide a good-faith exception, so I don't know why Canada would shoot itself in the foot by rendering its professors and its students more vulnerable, with fewer restrictions, than in the

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  In fact, there's a considerably greater compensation paid in Canada than there is in the United States. Universities do not have.... There's no equivalent to Access Copyright in the United States and there's no equivalent down there to the tariffs that Access Copyright is seeking

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Mr. McTeague, as a lawyer, I try to wear only one hat at a time, so today I'm here with Madame Des Rosiers. I'm here for the CCLA.