CCC-DAMI© Research Project on
The Working Conditions of Creators in Québec and Canada

Creators’ Copyright Coalition (CCC)
Droit d’auteur / Multimédia-Internet / Copyright (DAMI©)

by
Maryse Beaulieu
and
John Lorinc

Table of Contents

• Summary Report, by Maryse Beaulieu
  • The texts: An attempt at typology
    • Lorinc's Creators and Copyright
    • Beaulieu's Report from Québec
  • Central ideas of the Two Reports
  • Conclusion

• Creators and Copyright, by John Lorinc
  • Author’s Note
  • Table of Contents
  • Part I: Introduction
    • The Political and Legal Context
  • Part II: Sectoral Issues
    • Photography
    • Visual Arts
    • Live Theatre
    • Film / Television
    • Performers
    • Writing
      • Magazines and Newspapers
      • Databases
      • Books
      • Poetry
      • Textbooks
      • Educational Use of the Internet
      • Music
    • Part III
      • Exemptions
      • The State of Canadian Collective Management
      • Moral Rights
      • Status of the Artist Legislation
    • Conclusion
  • Report from Québec, by Maryse Beaulieu
    • Table of Contents
    • 1.0 Executive Summary
      • The impact of new technologies in the sectors under study: a reality with a variable geometry
      • Moral rights: uses vary by sector, and distinct practices are reported
      • The idea that a contract is automatically fair should be reconsidered.
      • Collective societies and artists’ associations: two modes of appropriation
      • Establishing the value of copyright: a persistent difficulty
    • 2.0 Introduction
      • 2.1 The Objective of the Study
      • 2.2 Context of the Study
    • 3.0 Methodology
    • 4.0 Results
      • 4.1 Results – Artists’ Associations
        • Structure
        • Number of Members
        • Membership Profile
        • Collective societies
        • Globalization and New Technologies
        • Copyright – Exceptions
        • Members of Associations and Electronic Rights: Knowledge of the Issues
        • Protected Works and the Internet
        • The Théberge, Desputeaux, and CCH Decisions
        • Contractual Practices
        • Difficulties Encountered during Negotiations
        • Benefits of Statutes on the Status of the Artist
        • Members’ Knowledge of the Statutes on the Status of the Artist
        • Commission de reconnaissance des associations d’artistes et des associations de producteurs
        • The Federal Statute on the Status of the Artist and the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations
        • Collective Agreements: Copyright and Electronic Rights
        • Types of Promoters and Producers: Specificities
        • Inequitable Contractual Practices
        • Act S-32.01: Obligatory Mentions in the Individual Contract between Artists and Promoters
        • Moral Rights
        • Standard Contracts
        • New Technologies and Emerging Practices
        • Dispute-settlement Mechanisms
        • Iniquitous Contracts and Illegal Use: Which Is the Greater Threat?
        • Social Safety Net: Taxation, Health and Safety, Group Insurance, Pension Fund
        • Effect of Royalty Payments on Employment Insurance and Social Assistance
        • Copyright Issues – the Future of Artists
      • 4.2 Results – Collective societies
      • Brief Profiles of the Collective Societies
      • Corporate Structure
      • Membership Mechanism
      • Collective Societies and Artists’ Associations
      • Perceptions
      • Globalization and New Technologies
      • Tariffs and Scales
      • Agreements
      • Copyright: Loss of Revenues and New Technologies
      • Copyright: Exceptions
      • Copyright: Process of Review of the Copyright Act
      • Copyright: Extended licences
      • Copyright: Copying for private use
      • Copyright: The Théberge, Desputeaux, and CCH decisions
      • Copyright: Forecast for the future of copyright – development of your collective
      • Miscellaneous
      • 4.3 Results – Government representatives
        • Contribution of Statutes on the Status of the Artist
        • Process of Modification of the Quebec Statutes
        • The Future of Statutes on the Status of the Artist
        • Status of the Artist and Copyright
        • New Technologies
        • Trends
        • Conclusion
    • 5.0 Conclusion
      • Appendix I: List of Individuals Interviewed
        • Associations
        • Collectives
        • Government Representatives
      • Appendix II: Interview Guideline
        • Artists’ Associations
          • General
          • Copyright
          • Contractual practices
          • Other
          • Conclusion
        • Collective Societies
          • General
          • Tariffs and scales
          • Agreements
          • Copyright
    • Notes