Industry committee  We are talking a great deal about the music sector. I am the president of the Union des artistes. In Quebec, we've managed to compensate for certain rights through our collective agreements. The Union des artistes manages 55 collective agreements in all sectors. This, of course,

Industry committee  Yes, exactly; the words and music.

Industry committee  I will conclude by asking a question: why do we find it so hard to recognize the value of the performer when talking about music? Current practices do not adequately recognize the performer's contribution and risk taking. Artists spend hundreds, if not thousands, of hours develo

Industry committee  Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, first I will say a few words about Artisti. Artisti is a collective management society created by the Union des artistes in 1997 to administer the copyrights of performers. Since its inception, Artisti has distributed more than $43 million to it

Industry committee  Our third recommendation is to treat performances incorporated into music videos as musical performances, not as cinematographic performances. Currently, once a performer authorizes the incorporation of their performance into a cinematographic work, including a video, they give

Canadian Heritage committee  We represent performing artists, more specifically singers, not songwriters. In other words, they are the people who use their voices, including instrumentalists.

Canadian Heritage committee  I will conclude by asking a question: why do we find it so hard to recognize the value of the performer when talking about music? Current practices do not adequately recognize the performer's contribution and risk-taking. The artist also invests, in a very personal way. They spen

Canadian Heritage committee  Our third recommendation is to treat performances incorporated in music videos as musical performances and not as cinematographic performances. Currently, once a performer authorizes the incorporation of his or her performance into a cinematographic work, including a video clip,

Canadian Heritage committee  Pardon me, I didn't understand your question.

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much.

Canadian Heritage committee  Ladies and gentlemen, a word about us. Artisti is a collective management society created by the Union des artistes in 1997. It is the collective copyright management society for French-speaking performers in the field of sound recording. First, let me emphasize that the Copyri