Industry committee  I can give you another example. When you have a phone, you pay a fee for 911 service. Fortunately, I haven't had to call 911 very often in my lifetime, and I'm very grateful for that. The fact remains that everyone who has a phone has to pay for that service.

Industry committee  I have a number of things to say to that. Some devices will never be used by people to copy music. That said, studies and surveys show that people still use those devices to make hundreds of millions of copies of musical works. As I was saying earlier, companies pay for the appl

Industry committee  This is why we need to fix the Copyright Act, which is now, as Solange said, like Gruyere. We have to fix those holes, make sure to be compensated, and leave aside those exemptions that hurt the creators.

Industry committee  When it comes to private copying, one thing is clear: we want artists, authors, and music producers to be compensated for additional copies that are made. Of course, when someone buys a song, the levy and any other amount owed to rights holders have been paid. The private copying

Industry committee  Maybe I can just add that CPCC is an umbrella collective. We collect the money and then distribute it to the members of our collective. It's comparable to what is done in other countries. Correct me if I'm wrong, but SORECOP in France works the same way. It's an umbrella collec

Industry committee  CPCC was not involved in this coalition, so I will leave it to the people who are a part of that coalition.

Industry committee  Perhaps I can add something. Maybe I'll speak French. It would be easier for me.

Industry committee  Tablets and smart phones are subject to a multitude of levies, whether it be for Bluetooth technology or other applications. Many people, however, never use those features. Even though they never use the Bluetooth function on their tablet or smart phone, the company who designed

Industry committee  Certainly, yes.

Industry committee  You're referring to private copying?

Industry committee  It's not a tax.

Industry committee  It's remuneration, not a tax.

Industry committee  As I said, many studies in Europe show that it doesn't change anything. The tablets or the iPhones were sold at the same price with or without this levy, which is, as we say, worth a cup of coffee. It's such a small amount that it didn't change anything in the price of it. To a

Industry committee  Absolutely. There's an example in some countries in Europe where there was a levy in one country and not in another country. People will not even go to the country where there is no levy applied, because it doesn't change anything on the amount of the....

Industry committee  I don't think there's any permanent solution. As I understand it, the levy is the only solution. It's a simple way of doing this, and Lisa just explained how it can be introduced. For us, it's the only solution. On the interim fund, my emphasis is on the word “interim”, as it wou