Bill C-11 committee  First of all, I have to say that we were surprised, because we're in touch with the education community on a daily basis in our business, and in their testimony before this committee and on Bill C-32 they said they didn't want not to pay. When we met with the representatives of

Bill C-11 committee  Yes, that's correct.

Bill C-11 committee  The public performance provision is extremely important to us because it helps provide price stability and distinguishes us from the home video marketplace. In the home video marketplace you buy a video or a DVD. You can get it for a very small fee based on the supply the produce

Bill C-11 committee  We think there's a simple solution.

Bill C-11 committee  Could you repeat the question quickly?

Bill C-11 committee  We think there's a simple amendment that will save our industry. It's not that we don't have other problems with some aspects of the copyright bill, but it would be by simply indicating that if the material is commercially available there is not an exemption to section 29.5.

Bill C-11 committee  It's a simple thing. We've run it past both the departments, Heritage and Industry. Copies of it are provided to you in English and French in our brief. I think it's fairly simple.

Bill C-11 committee  I think I have to speculate as to what would happen. Congress in the United States recommended the elimination of public performance for schools in the United States a number of years ago. That was eventually incorporated into their Copyright Act. As a consequence, most of the ma