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Copyright Board Commission du droit d’auteur Canada Canada [TRANSLATION] Ottawa, February 8, 1999 FILE 1998-UO/TI-23 UNLOCATABLE COPYRIGHT OWNERS Non-exclusive licence issued to Éditions du Renouveau Pédagogique inc. authorizing the reproduction of a linocut by Henri Beaulac

Pursuant to the provisions of subsection 77(1) of the Copyright Act, the Copyright Board issues a licence to Éditions du Renouveau Pédagogique inc. as follows:

(1) The licence authorizes the reproduction, in the French textbook Signatures 3, tome 2, of the linocut Rose Latulippe by Henri Beaulac. The National Gallery of Canada has included and published this work in its catalogue on CD-ROM. The textbook will consist of approximately 250 pages, and the number of copies printed will not exceed 10 000.

(2) The licence expires on December 31, 1999. The authorized reproduction must therefore be completed by that date.

(3) The licence is non-exclusive and valid only in Canada. (4) Éditions du Renouveau Pédagogique inc. will pay $165 to the Société de droits d'auteur en arts visuels (SODART), which may dispose of the amount as it sees fit for the general benefit of its members. SODART undertakes, however, to reimburse any person who establishes, before December 31, 2004, ownership of the copyright in the work covered by this licence.

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

Claude Majeau Secretary General

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