Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. The $1.25-million radio exemption, which we've heard about before, would compensate artists for public performance on all revenues that are generated by the radio stations, and that would be an immediate change, an immediate increase in revenue.

Canadian Heritage committee  It's going to put more money in the pockets of the artists and the creators. It's balancing the scale. The private copying reform would also help compensate those artists, again, and creators whose music is being copied onto technological devices like phones and the like, and on the Internet.

Canadian Heritage committee  It's an exemption that's been in place since neighbouring rights were brought in in 1997, and it was put in place to help the mom-and-pop and Internet radio stations, which don't really exist anymore, so there's no need to have that exemption.

Canadian Heritage committee  Certainly. As I mentioned in my opening remarks, the community radio stations and local campus radio, etc., are still protected.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. We're talking about commercial stations.

Canadian Heritage committee  Certainly it's reassuring. I actually wasn't in the room when he was speaking, so I don't know the context of it, but anybody who compensates artists and creators for commercial use of music is welcome.

Canadian Heritage committee  At Connect we don't license services like YouTube, Facebook or any of the other Google properties, so I can't speak to what numbers they represent exactly. With respect to what Miranda is talking about, she's looking for fair and equitable compensation when her music is used in film and television, which she's not receiving, but a composer is.

Canadian Heritage committee  On the technological aspect, going back to the private copying regime would certainly help, because there isn't anything in place right now to cover artists and creators when their music is copied onto new devices.

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. We license music videos as well, specifically for television, and a bit of online, but traditionally it's the music video market on television with MusiquePlus and MuchMusic. There were many other stations that played music videos. They no longer exist.

Canadian Heritage committee  We're looking for equality when it comes to the payment of the public performance royalties with respect to radio versus film and television. We're looking for the removal of the $1.25-million radio exemption, and we're looking for an opportunity to create a private copying fund.

Canadian Heritage committee  The model has changed from transactional—purchasing a CD, purchasing an album, vinyl, or even a download—to a one-size-fits-all monthly fee that allows you to consume as much music as possible. We're now dealing with going from a lump-sum fee for one particular unit—a song or album—to micropayments for multiples, so the opportunity, the revenue, has decreased exponentially.

Canadian Heritage committee  Good afternoon. My name is Catherine Jones, and I'm the Executive Director of Connect Music Licensing. I'm lucky to have worked in the music industry for 25 years, at a record label, at a broadcaster and now at Connect. I've witnessed first-hand the seismic shift that has occurred since the dawn of the digital age.