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Copyright Board Commission du droit d’auteur Canada Canada [TRANSLATION] Ottawa, May 28, 2012 FILE 2012-UO/TI-06 UNLOCATABLE COPYRIGHT OWNERS Non-exclusive licence issued to La Presse Télé III Ltée, Montréal, Quebec, for the synchronization, reproduction and communication to the public by telecommunication of an excerpt of a song

Pursuant to the provisions of subsection 77(1) of the Copyright Act, the Copyright Board issues a licence to La Presse Télé III Ltée as follows:

(1) The licence authorizes the synchronization, reproduction and communication to the public by telecommunication of a 2-minute excerpt of the musical work Le temps est bon, written by Stéphane Venne, published by JFM Investments Inc., and broadcast on television.

(2) The licence expires on May 31, 2014. Any use set out in paragraph (1) above must 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 licensee will pay $250 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 May 31, 2019, ownership of the rights held by JFM Investments Inc. in 1972 in the work 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.

Gilles McDougall Secretary General

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