| Copyright Board |
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Commission du droit d’auteur |
| Date
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2008-12-19
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| Citation
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File: Retransmission 2009-2013
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| Regime
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Retransmission of Distant Television and Radio Signals
Copyright Act, section 66.51
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| Members
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Mr. Justice William J. Vancise
Mr. Stephen J. Callary
Mrs. Sylvie Charron
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Interim tariffs for the retransmission of distant television and radio signals as of january 1, 2009
Reasons for decision
At the request of the television (CCC, BBC, CBRA, CRC, CRRA, DRTVC, FWS, MLB, SOCAN) and radio (CBRA, CRRA, SOCAN) collective societies and subject to the following changes, the Board extends, indefinitely and on an interim basis, the application of the Television Retransmission Tariff, 2004-2008 and of the Radio Retransmission Tariff, 2004-2008. These tariffs will remain in force, unless modified, until the final tariffs are certified for the period starting January 1, 2009.
In the full title of both tariffs, the word “Interim” is added before “Royalties” and the words “for the years 2004 to 2008” are deleted.
Section 1 of the television tariff shall now read Interim Television Retransmission Tariff, as of January 1, 2009. Section 1 of the radio tariff shall now read Interim Radio Retransmission Tariff, as of January 1, 2009.
In the television tariff, the words “subject to paragraphs (2) and (3)” in paragraph 2(1), paragraphs 2(2) and 2(3), section 6, the words “(including, after March 7, 2004, a DTH)” in paragraph 7(1), columns “2004”, “2005”, “2006” and “2007” in the table found in section 9, paragraph 15(1), the words “for the years 2005 to 2008” in paragraph 15(2) and sections 35 to 40 are deleted. These transitional provisions are unnecessary in the interim tariff. The same is true, in the radio tariff, of the words “subject to paragraphs (2) and (3)” in paragraph 2(1), of paragraphs 2(2) and 2(3) and of sections 30 to 34.
Claude Majeau
Secretary General