Industry committee  I guess I would come back to the notion that we're here to address the value gap. It's a very critical issue, and I think the most important thing that could happen is to have everyone at the table talking about it. It's my understanding that some of the big tech giants and strea

Industry committee  It's a very complicated issue and your question's a good one.

Industry committee  Well, let me be clear and reiterate what Paul just said. This is just one of many ideas that the Screen Composers Guild and creators in our world are looking at. Again, we are not economists. The 15 gigabytes, it's not like it's the magic number, or this is what it should be. We

Industry committee  Yes, I would definitely agree. When it was last reviewed, it was, as I understand it, decided at the time that it would be five years before it would be reviewed again. Maybe that seemed appropriate at the time, but times have changed, and they're changing faster than ever. I re

Industry committee  I can pretty much tell you that it wouldn't be. Based on the types of budgets that we see here in Canada, certainly it wouldn't be. I'm not even sure if would be for American composers, either. I suppose if I were a single guy in my twenties living in a one-bedroom apartment, or

Industry committee  You're talking about some very technical stuff there. It's really not our place to be speaking on their behalf. They are our advocates.

Industry committee  It is SOCAN. It's only the performance rights organizations, like SOCAN and their counterparts around the world, that make these negotiations. However, they do not have the transparency from territory to territory. Netflix does not have to talk about what deal they made in this c

Industry committee  As Paul said, I do think that's something we should consult with our performance rights organization about, to be able to give you an accurate picture of that.

Industry committee  Let's just be clear, it's not just about me. I'm an example of someone who's in the middle of my career. I'll be 48 years old this year, and I have three young kids. I have a mortgage. I live a pretty basic middle-class lifestyle, and I've only been able to do that because of the

Industry committee  I'm going to read you a quote that I would like to finish with. I read this to the heritage committee as well. This was something said by J.F.K.: “The life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction, in the life of a nation, is very close to the centre of a nation

Industry committee  Most of the work I've done has been for television. I'm going to talk about just two shows that will be pertinent to this discussion. One was a show that I scored with a colleague of mine here in Toronto called Flashpoint, which was a procedural police drama that was a landmark s

Industry committee  I'm here to tell you that it's not working well so far, and Anne with an E is a good example of it. This is a show that Netflix reported to the producers of the show. I might add that Netflix doesn't report a lot of data, but this is something that they reported to the producers,

Canadian Heritage committee  It's about 25 years.

Canadian Heritage committee  There has definitely been a decreasing trend in the revenue from SOCAN, which collects that advertising money. It's not rocket science why. That money is moving elsewhere. I do find now that a lot of the jobs that are coming my way—and this is significant—are shows that are going

Canadian Heritage committee  That's completely accurate, yes.