Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  We agree with them. I think TPMs are absolutely necessary. To create these online businesses, you need to have the ability to control the use of the content in some way, so we agree with them. I should say that we are at the beginning of what I would call truly the digital deca

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  We have to do something as a nation. Yes, piracy is an international problem, but five of the top ten pirate BitTorrent sites are hosted in Canada. That's a disgrace. I would say that the ball is very much in our court. These two gentlemen have companies in other countries. They

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Yes. It was a study that's being released today, so absolutely you will get copies.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  It's not at great profit. I would say the educational revenue for these distributors is not that significant, but it's more than that. You have two companies that have specialized in this, that represent the films of our member companies, and they have done great work in promotin

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  The bill, as drafted, as we understand it, would give the educational institutions an exemption for feature films. I'm just going to speak about feature films, because I know other aspects of the industry are upset about this for similar reasons. For feature films it would mean

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  These two companies do, yes.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  The Hurt Locker is an example of a film.... We don't have exact percentages yet, and maybe the Ipsos study is going to reveal those numbers, but our members have believed for some time that the damage due to piracy is more than 10%. It is maybe 20% of the film's total revenues. T

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  We're not interested in sweeping up the John Does. We're looking for legislation that basically stops online piracy and illegal file sharing, which requires changes to the bill that exists. Whatever laws we have here are going to be different from those in the United States. As P

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Thank you. I don't believe they're sufficient. I believe that when services like isoHunt are making millions of dollars in advertising, the $5,000 fine just becomes incorporated into the cost of doing business. As to notoriety, I think it goes deeper than that. I think it goes

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, thank you for inviting us to meet with you today. My name is Ted East. I am president of the Canadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters, or CAFDE for short. CAFDE is a non-profit trade association that represents the inte

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely.

Canadian Heritage committee  No. And I think there are probably a lot of very good stories there. Some of them are dramatic, but there are probably a lot of great comedies. I think that's something we want to encourage.

Canadian Heritage committee  I think it should be both--I mean, as much as it can be. Now, when you say “high-quality programs”, alarm bells go off and I think of elite dramas that very few people will see. It's not that you don't want to make serious award-winning drama, but you also need to do things that

Canadian Heritage committee  Right.

Canadian Heritage committee  We have not discussed that issue. I wouldn't want to speak on it without consulting my members.