Industry committee  I am glad you brought this up. It was in my speech, but I just didn't get around to it. I know there was a lot of discussion about that, but I strongly disagree with a mandatory registration regime. For one thing, our copyright registration regime was designed to deal with an ex

Industry committee  I think the issue that Bryan raised is separate from the actual extension of the copyright term. To speak to Bryan's issue for a second, the majority of agreements these days, in 2020, negotiated between publishers and songwriters are fair agreements. They're more similar to par

Industry committee  Sure. Just to quickly finish the points I was making, waiting the 30 months to implement the copyright term extension for all classes of intellectual property, particularly when it comes to songs and musical compositions, will create more confusion in the marketplace. My first

Industry committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair and honourable members, for this opportunity. I'm here today with Casey Chisick of Cassels, who is external legal counsel both to Music Publishers Canada and to my companies. I have had the pleasure of owning and running a Canadian-owned indepen

Canadian Heritage committee  I am an independent music publisher. As such, I provide administrative services and I also invest in copyright with songwriters.

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, in Spotify's case, we obviously make more money from their paid subscription services, so we support the paid subscription model wherever possible. As a publisher, one of the biggest issues we have is the split between the amount paid to publishers versus the amount paid to

Canadian Heritage committee  Sure. Was the question directed to me?

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, I did.

Canadian Heritage committee  I can't give you an exact revenue figure off the top of my head, obviously, but a song like My Way would generate performance revenues. That would be money that we would otherwise collect—for example, in Canada, from SOCAN. It would be revenue from television performances, concer

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm collecting it through SOCAN and I'm collecting it through CMRRA, which is part of CSI.

Canadian Heritage committee  I think the biggest issue, which I addressed, was trying to prevent larger companies from hiding behind exceptions that exist right now in the Copyright Act and not fairly compensating creators. I think we need to strike a balance between creators and digital companies that doesn

Canadian Heritage committee  Of course not.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. Sorry, I didn't understand your question. Anything that increases radio royalties or private copying is obviously beneficial for creators and buyers.

Canadian Heritage committee  Obviously, I think we need to look at the points I addressed. Making sure the Copyright Board is more efficient is very important. The issue that I addressed about ISPs is very important. As I said, we need to look at trying to create a balance in the legislation between creators

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair and honourable members, for this opportunity. I am the president, founder and owner of Casablanca Media Publishing and Red Brick Songs, a leading Canadian-owned independent music publisher for 17 years based in Toronto, Ontario. When I co-founde