Canadian Heritage committee  Here's an example. As it stands now, as soon as we approach a television channel to obtain rights, if the channel refuses to negotiate with us, we must take legal action in order to negotiate, because the act doesn't require the channel to appear before the Copyright Board of Can

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. Italy and France include this requirement in their legislation. The French legislation specifies who must be paid and how and deals with collective management through proportional remuneration. I wouldn't necessarily go that far for Canada. However, the Canadian legislation

Canadian Heritage committee  As far as SACD is concerned, I might add that since we represent authors, we are more interested in the Copyright Act. I am not currently discussing models. We truly need legislation to give us leverage and the chance to negotiate without having to go to court. That is what we ne

Canadian Heritage committee  Madam Chair, ladies and gentlemen, we thank you for inviting us to take part in the review of the Copyright Act. My name is Élisabeth Schlittler and I am the General Delegate for Canada for the Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques, or SACD, and the Société civile des a