Canadian Heritage committee  May I add something?

Canadian Heritage committee  Nothing is happening in the rest of Canada. However, take the example of Quebec. The Quebec education system isn't at risk because of licences. The Ministère de l'Éducation et de l'Enseignement supérieur pays $4.29 per student per year to have the right to reproduce the material.

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. That money should be used for the licences. You have to understand that the universities are spending much more than those licences would cost them. As I said, it's 0.1% of their annual budget. They can easily absorb the cost of licences, there is no doubt of that. A

Canadian Heritage committee  In fact, statutory damages can be at two levels. First, there are the ones we referred to in the framework of a fee as for access copyright. In fact, the only thing our management corporation could claim if it went that route, is that the universities should have paid. Of course,

Canadian Heritage committee  It's a fact that financially our pockets are not as deep as those of the universities, clearly. We saw that.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'd like to add something. As Mr. Dubois was saying, it's always difficult to adapt to new digital technologies because they change very quickly. At Copibec, we have tried to take certain steps through SAMUEL, for instance, a mostly French platform that allows teachers and educa

Canadian Heritage committee  We do not share that point of view. We don't consider that allocating government subsidies or funds is the best source of income for authors or publishers. It is always difficult, random and complicated for an author whether a journalist or a writer, to obtain those subsidies. T

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for inviting us here today. My name is Frédérique Couette, and I am the executive director of Copibec, the collective society established by Quebec authors and publishers. A not-for-profit organization, Copibec grants licences and remits royalties to authors, freelanc

Industry committee  For our part, Copibec has always negotiated its licences. We never went through the Copyright Board of Canada or any litigation. We have always preferred negotiation. That is still our preference today with the other universities, except for Université Laval. In 2014, Université

Industry committee  I think the Quebec model illustrates a kind of balance. I would not say, of course, that royalties of $13.50 are fair, but at least we are able to sit down around the table. The only reason for this is that the Quebec ministry of culture and communications and the ministry of edu

Industry committee  As to the interpretation by the courts, what Ms. Noel said refers to the 2012 interpretation in Alberta (Education) v. Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). This decision did not say that up to 10% of a work or a full chapter could be reproduced. The decision re

Industry committee  We were in the same situation. In our case, it was not the end of licence, but as of July 2012, Quebec universities asked us to renegotiate the licences. We had just completed the negotiation in May or June 2012. They were adopted at the end of the month and the Supreme Court iss

Industry committee  That is a vision that we share with Access Copyright. We see it the same way. In our opinion, we should emulate the current provisions in England, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand. It is the same process. Provisions apply from the time a licence is granted. Section 2 of the

Industry committee  Exactly. That would give us a way to allow students to meet their personal research requirements for their homework, for instance, whereas all institutional aspects would be covered by the licence.

Industry committee  Are you referring to the relative share of acquisitions and licences?