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Copyright Board Canada

Ottawa, March 13, 2007

Commission du droit d’auteur Canada

FILE: 2007-UO/TI-04 UNLOCATABLE COPYRIGHT OWNER Non-exclusive licence issued to Patricia E. Roy, Victoria, B.C., authorizing the reproduction of seven cartoons in a book Pursuant to the provisions of subsection 77(1) of the Copyright Act, the Copyright Board grants a licence to Patricia E. Roy as follows: (1) The licence authorizes the reproduction of the following cartoons in the monograph titled "The Triumph of Citizenship: The Japanese and Chinese in Canada, 1941-1967" Patricia E. Roy is authoring: From the Mountains to the Sea, by By Baillie, published in the Vancouver Sun on October 18, 1944 How Do You Tell a Loyal Jap From a Disloyal Jap? by Cassandra, published in the Vancouver Sun on June 1, 1943 Give Me Your Skilled, Your Rich, Your Coddled Few..., by Ed McNally, published in the Montreal Star on October 18, 1966 Dual Personality, by R.N. Meadows, published in the Vancouver Sun on December 3, 1946 Awaiting an Extraction, by R.N. Meadows, published in the Vancouver Sun on August 18, 1945 Who's Next? by Ramcan [signature unclear], published in the Winnipeg Free Press on February 22, 1946 Be Careful, Mister! by Hugh Weatherby, published in the Victoria Daily Colonist on January 20, 1946 No more than 1,500 copies of the cartoons shall be reproduced. (2) The licence expires on December 31, 2007. The authorized reproduction must therefore be completed by that date.

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(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 issuance of the licence does not release the licensee from the obligation to obtain permission for any other use not covered by this licence. (5) The licensee will pay the total sum of $100 ($25 per work) to the Canadian Artists' Representation Copyright Collective (CARCC) for the following four cartoons: Dual Personality, by R.N. Meadows Awaiting an Extraction, by R.N. Meadows Give Me Your Skilled, Your Rich, Your Coddled Few..., by Ed McNally Be Careful Mister! by Hugh Weatherby CARCC will dispose of the amount as it sees fit for the general benefit of its members. It undertakes, however, to reimburse any person who establishes before December 31, 2012, ownership of copyright in the above works. (6) The licensee will pay the sum of $25 per work to any person who establishes before December 31, 2012, ownership of copyright in the following three cartoons: From the Mountains to the Sea, by By Baillie How Do You Tell a Loyal Jap From a Disloyal Jap? by Cassandra Who's Next? by Ramcan [signature unclear] (7) The coming into force of this licence is conditional on the filing with the Board of CARCC's undertaking to comply with the conditions set out in paragraph (5) above, and the licensee's undertaking to comply with the conditions set out in paragraph (6) above.

Claude Majeau Secretary General

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