Canadian Heritage committee  Generally, no. They have to register with the collective to be a part of it.

Canadian Heritage committee  I guess it would depend. In some cases, you can enforce your rights directly through the courts. There are certain rights where there are limitations on enforcement, for example, the performance rights for musical works, and usually to enforce those—

Canadian Heritage committee  SOCAN rights. They're the rights for the performance of musical works. In that situation, usually you use SOCAN to enforce rights, at least more effectively. You are not limited, but there are certain structures in the act that make it more efficient to do so.