Industry committee  In the copyright laws, a few decades ago, when Napster happened, there was a decision made that they would give a certain level of copyright. There are different levels of copyright. This is called the moral right, and it allows musicians to defend music. When they have music and

Industry committee  We believe that it's fundamentally important for the government to take action. Our members are already detrimentally hurt by this. I love the idea you have about looking at this more regularly. I don't know that you need to have something legislative for it. I hope we have good

Industry committee  It's hard for us to divide the impact on individuals and their lives of having no work and having their image stolen and put in the worst kind of material. Both of those are horrendous, but we haven't talked a lot about the loss of work. The reality is that there is going to be a

Industry committee  This was the key issue in the SAG-AFTRA strike in the U.S. The members understand in the U.S., as we do in Canada, the precarious nature of how our product is held. They are lobbying in California and other places for deepfake laws. They know it has to be in the collective agreem

Industry committee  Yes, we would, and we started our submission by saying we're thankful that the government is looking at this and we're thankful that Bill C-27 has been brought forward. It has allowed us to have this conversation. There are significant changes we'd like to see in it, but we are

Industry committee  That's a good question. I would like to give you a little bit of insight into the life of performers. Number one, they know very well that if they are difficult, or perceived as difficult on the set, that will get around, and they won't get another job. Performers show up wantin

Industry committee  As we said, this is going to be multi-faceted. Yes, the Criminal Code should impact and be able to deal with egregious situations of stealing people's images and embedding them in graphic porn. You know, anything that....

Industry committee  That's correct.

Industry committee  I think it's going to be a lot of threading together of different things. Copyright is key. You are hearing us say that as actors. I think you need to have protection on the data you're looking at in Bill C-27. I think it's very important for us to look at how it's scraped and w

Industry committee  No.

Industry committee  No.

Industry committee  Not that we're aware of, but we wouldn't know, because we don't know whom they've used and what images they've stolen.

Industry committee  First of all, actors need to be given moral rights in the Copyright Act. We do not have that. Second, we need to be able to give consent if they want to use our image. We need to have control over the way it's utilized, and we should be compensated for it. All of those need t

Industry committee  From my perspective, its not okay for government to do nothing. Across the globe, governments are struggling with this issue, and we do appreciate that this is a very difficult issue that touches on so many different industries, that touches on business as well as people. We appr

Industry committee  Yes, we have. We have been speaking and consulting on that. I have to say that we would very much like to have a meeting with the minister. We haven't yet been able to have that meeting. We are a bit concerned that the arts industry seems to be left out of that conversation. Howe