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Canada

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Commission du droit d’auteur
Canada

 

CB-CDA 2025-033

 

Ruling of the Board

 

Proceeding: Re:Sound Tariffs 3.B – Background Music (2021-2026), 5.A-J – Live Events (2016-2025) and 6.A – Dance (2019-2028)

 

May 8, 2025

[1] On April 9, 2025, the Board issued Ruling CB-CDA 2025-027 setting the Schedule of Proceedings.

[2] On April 25, 2025, Re:Sound, with the consent of Restaurants Canada and the Hotel Association of Canada, requested that the Board revise the Schedule of Proceedings to include a right of reply as initially proposed by the parties on March 24, 2025.

[3] I grant the request to amend the Schedule of Proceedings, as set forth in the table below, to include a limited right to reply, as per subsection 35(4) Copyright Board Rules of Practice and Procedure, to address new arguments, and supportive evidence, raised by the other party in their response that were not part of their Statement of Case.

Greg Gallo

A/Secretary General


 

Copyright Board
Canada

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Commission du droit d’auteur
Canada

 

 

 

 

 

Date: 2025-05-08

Proceeding: Re:Sound Tariffs 3.B – Background Music (2021-2026),5.A-J – Live Events (2016-2025) and 6.A – Dance (2019-2028)

 

Amended Schedule of Proceedings

Event

Date

Filing of Statements of Case challenging the status quo:

1. Re:Sound: Statement of Case addressing issues a), b), f) and additional issues raised by the Copyright Board in CB-CDA 2025-022.

2. Hotel Association of Canada and Restaurant Canada: Statement of Case addressing issues c), d) and e).

Thursday, June 26, 2025

Filing of responding Statements of Case

Thursday, October 2, 2025

Replies to the responding Statements of Case

Thursday November 13, 2025

 

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