Industry committee  I would agree. It's also important to remember that our fair use or our fairness factors, which were developed by our Supreme Court, are actually more in tune with Canadian events. Particularly in the 2004 CCH case, one of the elements our judiciary brought in was this aspect th

Industry committee  Thank you very much.

Industry committee  Thank you very much.

Industry committee  Largely, it is the flexibility within that language. We don't have to determine in advance what might or might not be an eligible unauthorized use. The flexibility of language has been proven to be useful as far as U.S. developments go, both in terms of building industries and

Industry committee  That was what I was going to pick up on as well. It is that aspect of who the right is going to benefit. I would just like to point out that copyright is a body of laws over 308 years old. Throughout, it's been expanded in depth and breadth. At every expansion, it was always in

Industry committee  I've actually pruned to five minutes so I'll give my time to Carys.

Industry committee  Thank you for having me here. For nearly 15 years, my research interest has been in systems of copyright, both contemporary and historical. One of the challenges in dealing with copyright is that people tend to forget that it was designed to regulate industries. Because of an a