These comments are made on behalf of the Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA)

THE CANADIAN FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION PRESENTATION BEFORE THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON CANADIAN HERITAGE RE:BILL C-48 4 JUNE 2002 (CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY) Good morning. My name is Beatrice Raffoul and I am Vice President, External Relations, of the Canadian Film and Television Production Association. With me this morning is Stephen Stohn, Vice President Epitome Pictures Inc.– producer of Degrassi, The Next Generation, and Principal Partner in the law firm of Stohn Abramovitch, specialists in copyright law. Mr. Stohn is also the Chair of the CFTPA Copyright Committee. The CFTPA represents over 400 companies that finance, produce, distribute and market television programs, feature films and multi-media products in English. Our members are present in every region of Canada, from coast to coast to coast. We are the content creation industry and the protection of intellectual property rights or copyright is extremely important to us. It is generally agreed by all but a handful of people that Internet retransmission of the iCraveTV or JumpTV variety is simply wrong. It is of no net benefit to society. The government has made it clear that it will legislate against this type of Internet retransmission, and that has led to us all being here today. We would like to highlight that we are here today after having spent the last two years working with officials ...