| Speeches |
| April 28, 2009 |
"CANADA: GREAT WHITE NORTH OR DIGITAL BLACK HOLE?" - Remarks by John Kennedy
Chairman and Chief Executive, IFPI - Canadian Music Week, March 12, 2009
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| "This is a late written draft of the speech delivered – the final delivered version will have differed from this text"... |
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| Febrary 27, 2007 |
"A Road Map For Change: Taking Action Against Counterfeiting and Piracy to Secure Canada's Future Prosperity" - Speech by Mr. Graham Henderson, President - Remarks to the Economic Club of Toronto |
| "Today I am going to talk about a missing link in Canada's innovation agenda: specifically, intellectual property. At almost all levels of government, and even business discourse, it has been somehow overlooked. And it has been ignored to our detriment - economically and socially."... |
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| May 01, 2006 |
"Beyond Deadwood: Canadian Law and the Development of a Digital Marketplace" - Speech by Mr. Graham Henderson, President - Canadian Recording Industry Association To the Canadian Club - (Toronto) |
| "To many, the development of a music marketplace in Canada based on the Internet would seem a given. The iPod's white headphones are seen all over the country -- a ubiquitous indeicator of the continued power of music"... |
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| March 02, 2006 |
"Canada a land of lost opportunity?" - Speech by John Kennedy |
| This morning I want to talk about the extraordinary changes that are happening in the international music industry; the transformation that is being driven by record companies as we adapt to the opportunities - and the threats - of the digital era; . ... |
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| September 29, 2005 |
"A National Dialogue on the Need To Safeguard and Promote Products of the Mind" - Speech by Mr. Graham Henderson to National Press Club |
| In some circles it has become fashionable to attack the foundation upon which the careers of artists, writers, performers, actors and software designers (to name but a few) are built. To dilute it, weaken it, circumscribe it, and devalue it. That foundation is intellectual property in general and copyright in particular. This attack, as I hope to demonstrate, strikes at a key sector of Canada's economy and has repercussions for society at large. ... |
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| March 03, 2005 |
"Band of Brothers" - Keynote address by Mr. Graham Henderson at Canadian Music Week |
| In January of this year, the Canadian music industry announced the first year-over-year increase in consumer music buying habits since 1998. The total, year-to-date number of shipped units rose five per cent. Significant gains were realized in the number of music DVDs shipped and of CDs. DVDs were up by 24 per cent and CDs by five per cent... |
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| February 09, 2005 |
"The cultural sector needs a convergence of leadership" - Keynote address by Mr. Graham Henderson to Ontario Media Development Corporation's |
| At first glance, it may seem that the form of leadership required in cultural enterprises is no different from that required almost anywhere else. All businesses need leaders, women and men with vision. All businesses require a talented and reliable workforce. They need a stable political and legal environment in which to operate. The creation, production and distribution chain needs to be both steady and predictable. |
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