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Industry committee Actually, it has not been addressed, period. Right now, the way it works is that screenwriters and directors, in the only court case that has ever been brought forward, are considered authors of the audiovisual work. It's actually a problem for you and for copyright holders, bec
June 19th, 2018Committee meeting
Maureen Parker
Industry committee I'll say just quickly that screenwriters do live in your communities. They're creators. They do pay taxes. They support families. They need revenue and income to do so. Currently, there are different modes of compensation. Yes, we bargain collectively, but collective bargaining
June 19th, 2018Committee meeting
Maureen Parker
Industry committee I don't agree because it's actually an incorrect premise.
June 19th, 2018Committee meeting
Maureen Parker
Industry committee That is a writer. That was not Mr. Stohn. That was created by a writer.
June 19th, 2018Committee meeting
Maureen Parker
Industry committee That's right, and that writer therefore was the author of that episode. It is a collaborative business—
June 19th, 2018Committee meeting
Maureen Parker
Industry committee Sure. We build on series in—
June 19th, 2018Committee meeting
Maureen Parker
Industry committee May I say that it's a very big business model? Right now, we do have screenwriters who are the ones who develop script material, who create characters, and who've created the setting. In an ongoing series like a Degrassi, yes, obviously there are pre-existing concepts and pre-exi
June 19th, 2018Committee meeting
Maureen Parker
Industry committee Right, and that would be the writer of the first script.
June 19th, 2018Committee meeting
Maureen Parker
Industry committee There are character royalties. You'd pay certain royalties, etc. The problem with not defining authorship—
June 19th, 2018Committee meeting
Maureen Parker
Industry committee Television doesn't work that way. There were probably maybe 50 screenwriters, or maybe 30. Companies go back to the same writers. They use story departments.
June 19th, 2018Committee meeting
Maureen Parker
Industry committee Okay. To your point that there are multiples, absolutely, because there are multiple creators, but each episode is a copyrighted work in and of itself. When Mr. Stohn or a producer like him sells a series, he is selling a group of episodes that are individually copyrighted. When
June 19th, 2018Committee meeting
Maureen Parker
Industry committee That's correct.
June 19th, 2018Committee meeting
Maureen Parker
Industry committee No, we're not expanding it. The current business model—and I cited that in my presentation—and in the only court case that has ever been heard on the topic, the screenwriter and director are the authors. It is the producers who are coming in from a different place.
June 19th, 2018Committee meeting
Maureen Parker
Industry committee Thank you.
June 19th, 2018Committee meeting
Maureen Parker
Industry committee Can I address the end of that question, please?
June 19th, 2018Committee meeting
Maureen Parker