Industry committee  I think the greatest threat to the Canadian creative economy is not having enough money getting into the system. YouTube already has a technology called a content ID system to identify the rights holders. They have provisions in Europe to protect smaller businesses or educational

Industry committee  Yes, and I think things are changing and it's time that we change. You mentioned balance. When we look at digital companies and rights holders, according to SOCAN's published numbers, the average songwriter makes $30 a year. That's not enough money. How much does Google or YouTub

Industry committee  Of course, having more money coming from YouTube or other online services would make life easier for musicians and composers.

Industry committee  For example, music publishers share either 50% or 75%—or any other, but generally it's between 50% and 75%—of the revenues directly to the authors. Of course, they work for the authors. That's what they do. It's normal that they get paid. The problem is that there's not enough mo

Industry committee  That's right.

Industry committee  May I comment? Actually, cinemas are already paying rights holders. They have deals with SOCAN. Tariff 6 says that cinemas have to pay a $1.50 per seat a year to SOCAN for collection and administration. My understanding for sound recordings is that it would be the other side. It

Industry committee  There are different roles for authors, composers or performers. Music publishers represent the songwriters. If the music publishers make more money, the songwriters also make more money. However, in the global picture, there may have been fewer shows or the individual songwriters

Industry committee  If I may, let me state my position. I think it is 25 years after the author's death—

Industry committee  Yes. He is calling for copyright to revert after 35 years, but, as I said, that can be negotiated under a contract.

Industry committee  Yes, of course. My position is clear: I do not think that should be included in the act. If Mr. Adams had wanted to recover copyright after 35 years, he could have done so in a number of ways. He could for instance have negotiated that from the outset or decided not to deal with

Industry committee  Yes, of course. This change strengthens the power of copyright collectives and enables them to enter into agreements for all content available online. At present, users put content online, and we all agree that they should be able to do that. What will change is that platforms w

Industry committee  Yes.

Industry committee  Since it is known that there is public communication, even for user-generated content, there is a right to be respected. So the platforms have no choice but to negotiate with copyright collectives.

Industry committee  It would be the copyright collectives that would be negotiating.

Industry committee  I think it is mentioned in the legislation adopted in Europe. In any case, there are already certain agreements in place. For instance, YouTube has concluded agreements with SOCAN, but only for the part that is monetized through advertising. When protected content is not used in