Industry committee  Sorry, but I did not understand you very well.

Industry committee  Publishers and writers; in other words, the collectives that register licenses with Access Copyright or Copibec. Those license holders have lost $30 million in revenue, and that revenue represents the royalties paid out to publishers and writers. I think you will actually be hea

Industry committee  May I ask you to rephrase your question? I think I lost something in the interpretation.

Industry committee  If no changes were made and everything was resolved in court, it is clear to us that the profession of writer would become very difficult to exercise in our country. The risks related to that concern cultural diversity. Do we want all cultural products to come from abroad? Do we

Industry committee  Of course, we are very open to coming to the table to negotiate. I'm sure that the Collectives Access Copyright and Copibec, in Quebec, are just as willing to come to the table to open up discussions. For the time being, owing to the uncertainty in the law, the most likely actio

Industry committee  That's exactly right. We agree that, by definition, an exception is exceptional in nature. When we see the list of exceptions in the current legislation, we feel that they do not look like exceptions. Let's say that they have lost some of that exceptional dimension.

Industry committee  Thank you for your question, Mr. Bernier. Under a publishing agreement, an author receives 10% of the copyright fees from the sale of a book. That should be the standard contract. Unfortunately, nothing in the Status of the Artist Act requires publishers to negotiate with writer

Industry committee  That is still difficult to measure because the situation is evolving. The good old paper book is still a sure bet. However, there will definitely be an impact over the short or the long term. Currently, that impact is felt mainly in the way people use excerpts. I am thinking of

Industry committee  I don't know whether students should be absorbing those costs, but I don't think so. In any case, our recommendation is not directed toward that. We represent writers, who agree with students on this issue. We want the material used in educational establishment to be regulated,

Industry committee  In closing, as you may expect, we hope that this review will be an opportunity to put forward a clear policy that defines copyright and the way the government wants society to evolve in this regard in the years ahead. Thank you for your attention. We will be pleased to answer yo

Industry committee  I will give my presentation in French. Mr. Chair, vice-chairs, members of the committee, to begin we would like to thank you for the opportunity to address you today and present the brief prepared by our association, which represents 1,650 writers in Quebec. My name is Laurent