Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to split my time, if I can, with Mr. Lloyd. Thank you, everyone, for your presentations. Ms. Chapdelaine, I'm going to start with you. You argue that Canada should adopt fair use-style provisions. That is something we've started to hear quite a bi

Industry committee  Ms. Tawfik, in your brief, you state that scientific works should be available after “a reasonable period of time”. Could you state what the “reasonable period of time” is in this context?

Industry committee  I totally understand that the context may differ by industry and industry norms. The challenge for anyone in government is that obviously there needs to be a delineated line at some point, and it's the line in the sand that we're often contemplating on behalf of the government. C

Industry committee  Your brief also states that the risk of being liable to statutory damages for infringement “creates a serious chill on socially desirable activities”. Can you explain what you mean by “socially desirable activities”?

Industry committee  I am mindful of the time that the chair will impose. I questioned the deputy minister in regard to your not having asked for any budget extension or expansion, and he said it's simply because you have more than enough supply to be able to meet the demand. How can you overhaul

Industry committee  That would have been really helpful to hear from the deputy. Lastly, to the board, you say you would like the ability to issue licence for works the owner of which cannot be located. If the owner is not in the picture to make a claim, why would a licence even be necessary?

Industry committee  I would go back to it, then. If you're having difficulty resolving the fallacy you have where you have active rights holders who are seeking redress, then why would you want to have jurisdiction over areas where you cannot even locate someone who has it? To me, it sounds as if yo

Industry committee  Mr. Lloyd, you can have the remainder of my time. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to start with the Copyright Board. We've had witnesses say that decisions from the board can take years. I believe one witness stated it was seven years. How is it even possible to take that long to get a decision on a tariff? Does one case take

Industry committee  Will simply legislating a time period improve the system? How fundamentally will you address the current process?

Industry committee  I would also argue, though, sir, that there's a difference when you're talking about real property versus something that is digitally created. The transactional costs often work out differently. I would like us not to muddy the waters. As you very rightly point out, there's a dif

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Going over to the Bar Association, we've heard testimony that notice and takedown doesn't work. In fact, I've heard from creators who have had the system abused by rights holders and copyright trolls. These systems are often automated and throw out takedown

Industry committee  Okay. Again, we have an example of where a TV network took a clip from YouTube, inserted it into a network TV show, and then sent a takedown notice to the original uploader for violating their own copyright. Sir, I'd just simply point this out: If it's not necessarily working

Industry committee  Mr. Sookman, you have written extensively on the negative impacts of piracy and why efforts like site blocking are needed. We've heard testimony that music piracy is falling due to options like Spotify. Do you believe that the only way to lower the instances of piracy are optio

Industry committee  Mr. Sookman, I appreciate that you have both the theoretical and the practical experience of working in this space, and I value that, but the CEO of Valve Corporation, Gabe Newell, said that “there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service pro