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Copyright Board Commission du droit d’auteur Canada Canada [TRANSLATION] Ottawa, January 23, 2009 FILE 2009-UO/TI-01 UNLOCATABLE COPYRIGHT OWNERS Non-exclusive licence issued to Catherine Sénart, Montréal, QC, authorizing the mechanical reproduction of a musical work

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

(1) The licence authorizes the mechanical reproduction of 600 CDs, of which 100 are promotional copies, of the musical work Le temps est bon written by Stéphane Venne and published by JFM Investments Inc. in 1972.

(2) The licence expires on December 31, 2009. 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.

(4) The licensee will pay $24 to the Society for Reproduction Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers in Canada (SODRAC), which may dispose of this amount as it sees fit for the general benefit of its members. SODRAC undertakes, however, to reimburse any person who establishes, before December 31, 2014, 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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