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Canadian Heritage committee Artist resale right is a right for a visual artist. It allows for some form of gain on future sales of a particular work as its value accrues. It's usually done as a portion of the proceeds that comes out of the gallerist or the auction house that does the sale. As with all thi
May 22nd, 2018Committee meeting
Mark Schaan
Canadian Heritage committee Thanks so much for the question. I agree that it's a lot to cover in a short period of time. Canada's term of protection for copyright is based on the type of work, but for most works it generally extends, as you indicated, to 50 years after the death of the creator. The term o
May 22nd, 2018Committee meeting
Mark Schaan
Canadian Heritage committee Thank you. The Copyright Act is perhaps the widest ranging of all our intellectual property laws, impacting most Canadians every day. But as we look ahead beyond the horizon, users are increasingly able to become creators themselves. New technologies related to the fourth indus
May 22nd, 2018Committee meeting
Mark Schaan
Canadian Heritage committee Thank you, Madam Chair. My name is Mark Schaan and I am the director general of the marketplace framework policy branch, at the Department of Industry. It is a pleasure to be here today to give you an overview of an important element of Canada's intellectual property framework:
May 22nd, 2018Committee meeting
Mark Schaan
Finance committee Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, for the invitation to appear before you. My name is Mark Schaan, and I serve as Director General of the Marketplace Framework Policy Branch in the Strategic and Innovation Policy Sector of Innovation, Science and Economic De
February 14th, 2018Committee meeting
Mark Schaan
Industry committee Again I would say we're agnostic on that view. The original reason the do-not-call list had the capacity to be brought under CASL was that our view was that voice over Internet protocol, which would constitute an electronic message, would necessarily bring messages sent through V
September 26th, 2017Committee meeting
Mark Schaan
Industry committee I'll just say as a public servant, we don't have views on these sorts of issues. I think what we've heard from some stakeholders, and what ultimately led to the suspension of the PRA, is that we want the obligations in the act to be as clear as possible. Over the course of the te
September 26th, 2017Committee meeting
Mark Schaan
Industry committee I think we all want to make sure that the act is understood, yes.
September 26th, 2017Committee meeting
Mark Schaan
Industry committee From a policy perspective, as a public servant, I have no view.
September 26th, 2017Committee meeting
Mark Schaan
Industry committee I'd have to go back to the original RIAS, but I think in the explanation for why the exemption was initially provided, the communications between politicians and their constituents were seen as vital and, therefore, not one to which one could consent because it was necessary for
September 26th, 2017Committee meeting
Mark Schaan
Industry committee Go ahead.
September 26th, 2017Committee meeting
Mark Schaan
Industry committee Super quickly and I know we're out of time. I just want to say that the original intent was an anticipation that voice-over Internet protocol calling would essentially replace telephone calls and that those would be considered electronic messages and therefore, come under CASL. T
September 26th, 2017Committee meeting
Mark Schaan
Industry committee Yes, you're quite right. The phasing was essentially as I indicated: the original regulations, then the malware regulations, then the PRA. I think the concern on the PRA is particularly related to the possibility of class action suits and legal liability that may arise from comp
September 26th, 2017Committee meeting
Mark Schaan
Industry committee I'll just quickly add—I'll give a shout-out for my colleagues at the office of consumer affairs—that the fightspam.gc.ca website has been a successful centralized point to receive consumer complaints as well as to provide information. They've received more than 1.1 million submis
September 26th, 2017Committee meeting
Mark Schaan
Industry committee I might start by saying that there was a task force working group originally on the Task Force on Spam in 2005 that tried to have a wide reach to get at this issue. It included.... I'll just note that the co-chairs were Roger Tassé and Michael Geist, but the member organizations
September 26th, 2017Committee meeting
Mark Schaan