Industry committee  I don't have any response in particular to the question you pose. I just want to commend to you the submissions that IPIC did make on Bill C-86 and also the submissions that were made in 2017 on Copyright Board reform.

Industry committee  I think we need to separate the analytical question of whether something would qualify for protection under the act from the practical reality of enforcing any rights that might be afforded under the act. I think those are two very different inquiries. I would like to just freel

Industry committee  Thank you for the question. I think we recommended an assessment of whether the safe harbour provisions should operate without reference to any of the other mechanisms, such as the notice and notice regime, within the act. I think the answer to the particular question you posed

Industry committee  We don't want consumers to be disadvantaged in that way. I think it's an open question: How do we ensure entities and individuals don't shelter themselves under the auspices of those safe harbour provisions in a way that doesn't reflect the steps they take or the policies they p

Industry committee  I'm happy to do that. Let this be a lesson to those who willy-nilly engage on Twitter with members of Parliament. Yes. Choreographic works are protected if they are original. They are protected as works under the Copyright Act. I would also note that performers' performances ar

Industry committee  Speaking personally, I would support Professor Geist's proposal, and I would recommend either a CC0 licence or a CC BY licence.

Industry committee  I would concur with Professor Gendreau's position.

Industry committee  Trying to navigate through the thickets of whether the National Archives owns something or what form of licence a particular item might be available under poses enormous challenges for certain sectors, such as documentary filmmakers—even with legal advice.

Industry committee  I'd have to defer to the views of our committee. It's not a point that we specifically canvass them on, beyond what you find in our submission, which is that the U.K. approach is something to consider. What I would suggest is taking it back to our framing device. Let's examine wh

Industry committee  I'm not sure I'll be able to answer the question with respect to the institutional work that IPIC does, although it maintains relationships, obviously, with those bodies. As individual advisers, that's a significant part of our day-to-day function, to counsel our clients in term

Industry committee  Right. I think one thing that we have to contend with as advisers, and that you have to contend with as legislators, is the fact that the copyright system is incredibly complex. It's incredibly opaque for non-experts. I think a guiding principle that everybody would be on board w

Industry committee  I think, broadly speaking, you can identify a handful of guiding principles, drawn from various theoretical approaches, to justify why copyright exists. Among those are providing an incentive for the creation and dissemination of works by ensuring that authors get rewarded. Howev

Industry committee  I don't think that there is a resolution to it necessarily, but I think that it can be implemented and then assessed on an ongoing basis to identify where there have been shortfalls, overreaches and under-compensation.

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My name is Bob Tarantino. I'm here with Catherine Lovrics. We are here in our capacities as former chair and current chair, respectively, of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada's copyright policy committee. We are speaking in those capacities and