SOCAN CEO at 2010 Rencontres de l’ADISQ

SOCAN CEO Eric Baptiste (back row, right), participated in the 2010 Rencontres de l’ADISQ along with (left to right) Daniel Drapeau, Claude Brunet and (seated) Chris Carey and Marie-Françoise Marais (Photo: Charles Richer, Les Rencontres 2010)

SOCAN attended the 15th annual Quebec music industry gathering, Rencontres de l’ADISQ, held June 14-17 in Montreal. On June 16, SOCAN’s new CEO Eric Baptiste participated in a panel discussion titled "Fighting Piracy: Should the French Model Be Followed?" Other guest panelists included Daniel Drapeau, counsel to Smart and Biggar Fetherstonhaugh (Canada); Marie-Françoise Marais, president, HADOPI (France); and Chris Carey, an economist from PRS for Music (United Kingdom). Ogilvy Renault Senior Partner Claude Brunet was the moderator.

Topics included the various international measures being applied on behalf of the creation, distribution and protection of intellectual property in all its forms on the Internet, but also in its physical form. Many employees from the Montreal SOCAN office also attended the panel discussion, including Membership Vice President France Lafleur and Member Services Manager Joanne Pouliot.

For more information, visit the ADISQ website.