Canadian Heritage committee  I really wanted to point out that services such as YouTube already identify professional cultural content. It isn't an issue for these services, at least in terms of music. In order to pay the rights holders that I represent, these services must collect metadata. They have a very

Canadian Heritage committee  The current situation isn't right. Bill C-10, as it stands, isn't right either. The political will to make amendments is timely. We've heard this from the minister and I've spoken with several parties about this. It isn't really an issue. We really need amendments to the legisla

Canadian Heritage committee  YouTube is really the most prominent service to review. It's the most popular service and it obviously features professional content, such as professional music videos, which are promoted on the platform. It also has the most viewers and the most appeal. In terms of the other se

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, but our proposal is clear: remove subsection 2(2.1) and section 4.1 of Bill C-10 regarding social media. We feel that there's a desire to protect social media. We feel that we need to protect our culture and Canadians. Bill C-10 really doesn't focus enough on social media.

Canadian Heritage committee  Our members represent the musical works, meaning the songs that you hear on YouTube. They're directly affected by this. It's a major issue. We don't understand why the musical works wouldn't be subject to the Broadcasting Act, while Spotify would be, simply because of technologi

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for your important question. The passage of an amended bill for our culture is fundamental to the future of our music. It's important to note that the music business model is somewhat different from the audiovisual sector's business model. Almost all the same songs are

Canadian Heritage committee  Our content is certainly good and worth discovering. There's a common misconception that most people actually select the music that they want to hear. Often, you select a specific track, and then the music continues on its own for hours. We have figures. I can only provide the

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't completely agree with the approach. I think that we should have outcome objectives. We don't necessarily need to understand how the algorithms work. It's very complex, it's artificial intelligence and it's changing. However, we must know whether our content is recommend

Canadian Heritage committee  Our members administer musical works that are used in video games, but they are excluded from Bill C-10, as I understand it. So that's not something we wanted to highlight today.

Canadian Heritage committee  It's true that the video game industry is very important, but I don't think it's part of the traditional broadcasting activities that are usually regulated by the Broadcasting Act. That said, you're right that it's an important issue.

Canadian Heritage committee  I absolutely agree. Video games are important. Maybe some day we'll wan to include them in the Broadcasting Act. I don't know. We don't have a position on it right now. We think it would be a good idea to broaden the scope of the act to include all online businesses, including s

Canadian Heritage committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. I'd like to thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to discuss this bill, which will be crucial to the future of our culture. The Professional Music Publishers' Association, or PMPA, represents music publishers

Industry committee  As I said, I think the provisions regarding network services should be reviewed. The Canadian safe harbours need to be looked at because they're very wide and there are different companies operating under the Canadian safe harbours right now. The digital platforms are some of th

Industry committee  I think that culturally, yes, we have strong creators and a system that allows culture to be vibrant. On the copyright side and the remuneration...and we have to understand that copyright is not subsidy. It's private income that's incoming for the exploitation of the work. Thi

Industry committee  Those benefiting from weak copyright are the users, and mainly right now the online platforms and digital companies.