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Industry committee  I'll just add to that. I think what you might be referencing is the point that was made about section 36 of the Telecommunications Act, which stipulates that the CRTC needs to approve any blocking of a website. There is that potential that you have, as an ISP, of a court order t

October 1st, 2018Committee meeting

Antoine Malek

Industry committee  Yes, the issue is that the right belongs to the user. The user is making the recording but storing it on the network, and so they qualify for an exception that is commonly known as the time-shifting exception. The way it's written now, it's personal and based on your ability to c

October 1st, 2018Committee meeting

Antoine Malek

Industry committee  Yes. What we're asking is that if you have the one copy on the network and you can share that copy amongst users, it won't be considered a public communication but a private communication for private purposes, and that would bring it within that exception.

October 1st, 2018Committee meeting

Antoine Malek

Industry committee  It wouldn't. No. Years ago, we had the debate on whether we should allow exceptions to enable this, and we decided yes, but we did it inefficiently. Creators are not deprived of anything that they have currently.

October 1st, 2018Committee meeting

Antoine Malek