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Copyright Board Canada

Ottawa, March 21, 2005

FILE: 2005-UO/TI-12

UNLOCATABLE COPYRIGHT OWNER

Commission du droit d’auteur Canada

Non-exclusive licence issued to Robert Langdon, Toronto, Ontario, authorizing the mechanical reproduction of five musical works

Pursuant to the provisions of subsection 77(1) of the Copyright Act, the Copyright Board grants a licence to Robert Langdon, as follows:

(1) The licence authorizes the mechanical reproduction of the following five musical works:

Nigun

Ano Ano Ano

Bugar (Freilach)

Ki Kel Poel

Baruch Elokeinu-Nigun Simcha

No more than 500 copies of the works will be reproduced on CD's.

The issuance of the licence does not release the applicant from the obligation to obtain permission for any other use not covered by this licence.

(2) The licence expires on December 31, 2005. The authorized reproduction must therefore be completed by that date.

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

(4) The sole use of the musical works will be the mechanical reproduction on CD's and will not be reproduced in any derivative form or otherwise.

(5) The applicant will pay the sum of $212.50 to the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA), who will dispose of the amount as it sees fit for the general benefit of its members. CMRRA undertakes to reimburse any person who establishes, before

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December 31, 2010 ownership of the copyright in the musical works covered by this licence.

(6) The coming into force of this licence is conditional on the filing with the Board of a receipt from CMRRA for the amount of the royalty specified in the licence, accompanied by CMRRA's undertaking to comply with the conditions set out in paragraph (5) above.

Claude Majeau Secretary General

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