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Copyright Board Commission du droit d’auteur Canada Canada [TRANSLATION] Ottawa, August 22, 2003 FILE 2003-UO/TI-4 UNLOCATABLE COPYRIGHT OWNERS Non-exclusive licence issued to Martin Racine, Val-Bélair, Quebec, authorizing the mechanical reproduction of 23 works composed and/or recorded by Isidore Soucy

Pursuant to the provisions of subsection 77(1) of the Copyright Act, the Copyright Board of Canada issues a licence to Martin Racine as follows:

(1) The licence authorizes the mechanical reproduction of 23 works composed and/or recorded by Isidore Soucy, as follows:

Gigue à Charlotte, composed by Isidore Soucy, publisher: Pear Tree Music, 1939 Gigue à Ti Noir, composed by Isidore Soucy, publisher: Pear Tree Music, 1929 Reel des boulangers, composed by Isidore Soucy, publisher: Pear Tree Music, 1937 Reel des braves, composed by Isidore Soucy, publisher: Pear Tree Music, 1937 Valse du Vieux Québec, composed by Isidore Soucy, publisher: Pear Tree Music, 1937

Gigue 1, author, composer, publisher and year unknown Gigue 2, author, composer, publisher and year unknown Gigue à Fridolin, author, composer and publisher unknown, 1939 Gigue des amoureux, author, composer and publisher unknown, 1929 Gigue des pionniers, author, composer and publisher unknown, 1937 Gigue du petit mousse, author, composer and publisher unknown, 1930 Gigue des pochards, author, composer and publisher unknown, 1938 La belle Catherine, author, composer and publisher unknown, 1930 Quadrille des ancêtres - Figure 1, author, composer and publisher unknown, 1931 Quadrille des ancêtres - Figure 2 (or Valse des ancêtres), author, composer and publisher unknown, 1931

- 2 - Quadrille des ancêtres - Figure 3, author, composer and publisher unknown, 1931 Quadrille des ancêtres - Figure 4, author, composer and publisher unknown, 1931 Quadrille des Laurentides (1ere figure), author, composer and publisher unknown, 1930

Quadrille des Laurentides (2e figure), author, composer and publisher unknown, 1930

Quadrille des Laurentides (4e figure), author, composer and publisher unknown, 1930

Quadrille Marie-Louise, author, composer and publisher unknown, 1936 Quadrille Yvette, author, composer and publisher unknown, 1938 Reel à Tit' Père (or Reel à Ti Bère), author, composer and publisher unknown, 1937 The licence authorizes the reproduction of the above works on 500 digital audio discs. (2) The licence expires on December 31, 2004. Any authorized reproduction must be completed by this date.

(3) The licence is non-exclusive and valid only in Canada. For other countries, it is the law of that country that applies.

Issuance of this licence does not release the licensee from the obligation to obtain permission for any other use not covered by this licence.

(4) Martin Racine will pay the sum of $836.40 to the Society for Reproduction Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers in Canada (SODRAC), which may dispose of said amount as it sees fit for the general benefit of its members. SODRAC undertakes, however, to reimburse any person who establishes, before December 31, 2009, ownership of the copyright in any of the works covered by this licence.

(5) The coming into force of this licence is conditional on SODRAC filing with the Board the receipt for the amount of royalties set in the licence, accompanied by an undertaking by SODRAC to comply with the conditions set out in paragraph (4) above.

Claude Majeau Secretary General

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