Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, and that can have a huge effect on people. I don't even want to start naming names of people who have had their copyright whisked from underneath their feet by contracts that they've signed as youngsters. I'm not going to say that.... It happens in every walk of life, not ju

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair.

Canadian Heritage committee  I have a few concert memories I wanted to—

Canadian Heritage committee  No, I'm just kidding.

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, I haven't died yet, so I don't know the advantages.

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, for those who have passed away, if they are actually getting them back, perhaps it would help their families, their children. That's one side of it, I suppose. Personally, I don't know that I've had.... I'm just here because I want to get there before I die. I'd like to see

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, only a small portion of my work is actually under this thing. I own most of my work and most of my tapes. I own most of my masters and everything. There's only a small contingent of my work that is affected. Let's say you're an artist who writes two things in your life, o

Canadian Heritage committee  Right.

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, the way it would work is that if you suddenly got your copyright back, you would own 100% of whatever percentage of the song or book that you wrote. Until that point, it's divided among the members who the contract would have been with in the beginning. You would go from

Canadian Heritage committee  Speak fast.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm pretty sure that if you spoke to any publisher, they would be quite happy to leave it the way it is. Why would anybody want to relinquish control to somebody else? In a publisher's world, they would want to amass as much as possible for as long as possible so they could sell

Canadian Heritage committee  Right.

Canadian Heritage committee  Actually, the idea of a house is a good parallel, I think, because it's something you build upon. Copyright and ownership of copyright is something you'd build upon as an artist in your own catalogue, so I think your analogy is quite good.

Canadian Heritage committee  Boy oh boy, I don't know if I can answer that question, because it's such an individual thing. Each artist is so unique and each situation is unique. I don't know that—

Canadian Heritage committee  Leverage with whom, though?