page 4 Tha’ Herald, Monday, August 11, 1900. a oe,

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EDITOR- Greg Middleton

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REPORT -
FROM
THE

LEGISLATURE —

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| was happy the other day fo see.the result of
the $200 million housing: Initiative program
Introduced’ by us in. January. It has exceeded.
ourexpectations. © ss
Of course, we saw the almost immediate ef-
. fect of that program, which provided housing
mortgages at 9% percent interest, on, the
province's forestry and construction Indusirles,
Those Industries were rescued.from a serious
slump resulting from a depressed housing In-
dustry In the United: States. Our $200 miltton
program provided them with the needed push to
' avold serious layoffs. .
Just recently, Housing Minister Jim Chabot

announced that, under the.program, 4,734homes ~~"

for British Columbians will be completed by the
end of this year. Of these, 2,048 will be owner-
occupied units and 2,686 will be rental units.
Out of the total, there will be 2,272 units built
on the Lower Mainland, 999 units on Vancouver
island, $40 units In the Thompson-Okanagan
region, 270 units In the Kootenays, and 653 units
In the northern areas of the province.
The program is, | believe; a testimony to the
Imagination .and initiative with which this
government. meets PrOblOM ie ic.diircsts i viaacc:
The Hert aS Se RN dia nof come
fromsome magic money tree 1 the baséiient of

the legislature In Victoria. The money was —

‘there when it was needed for British Columbians
because of prudent fiscal management prac-
ticed by our government. Because of balanced
budgets and the avoidance of high Interest debt,
the bottom line of this government’s halance
sheet Is such things as housing for British
Columbians, . jobs for British Columbians and.a
more secure tuture for them and thelr children.

In fact, British Columbia Is one of the few
bright spots In the country this year as far as
housing construction is concerned.

In the first six months of this year,
Metropolitan Vancouver had as many single-
family housing: starts as the total starts in
Halifax, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary.
and Edmonton combined. _

Urban housing starts In 8.C. during the first
six months was 14,227 units, up 60 percent from.
9,876 units during the first six months of 1979.

Predictions are that If current trends con-
tinve, the number of housing starts in’ B.C. In
1980 will be 34,000, a rise of 24 percent over last
year, It makes British Columbla look even
better when It Is realized that forecasts are that
the country as a whole will see only 158,000
housing starts this year. .

On adifferent topic: ,

| referred last week to the hidden tax British
Columbia pays.as captive consumers of the
products of central Canada Industry.

The cost to British Columbians when
automobiles, appliances, and other products:

amounts In total to about $1 billiona year.
Interestingly enough, a study released late

last week by a Harvard economist Glenn ~

Jenkins showed that the average Canadian

family paid $101 more thar necessary for.

clothes last year. He blames the extra cost on

the federal government’s system of tariff and

quota protection for the domestic clothing in-
ustry.

What was even more Interesting was his
statement that the protectionism, which adds as
much as 30 percent to the retall price In some
cases, falls most heavily on low-income
households.

Professor Jenkins sald the arguments used by
the federal government fer preserving these
quotas and tariff barriers are difficult If not
impossible to justify.

Ha contends that such policies serve largely to
trap workers In areas of employment that
provide nofuture. And he sald the major cost of
the quotas Is .borne by poorer Canadians,
because the quotas tend to apply to less stylish
clothing of lower quality.

British Columbia has argued for years that we

must move towards freer trade.

This latest study provides just one more

argument, but a very felling one, for British
Columbla‘s stand. y

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WORLD:
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When was the last time you tried singing underwater? This
seems likea ridiculous question, ‘It would be impossible
without the aid of some specialised electronic gear. Yet
there is a group of animals, living in B.C., that often carry on -
a tune below the waterline: nd

As you might have guessed, the animals are amphibians,
specifically frogs. Many frogs are capable of singing while
submerged, but one that Is known to doit often is the Spotted

Frog.” They are found over much of B.C., seldom yenturing
far from the edges of lakes and streams. ‘The single most

belly. ,
' Spotted frogs are alsb slow to jump:away from danger,
therefore they are easily caught by children. While held in .
the hand, these dark green frogs may emit a squeak, which
_ sounds much like a mouse. To squeak, they must open their
mouths, The underwater calls sound different and are: -
produced in a very different way.

At breeding tire, and occasionally throughout the surh.
mer, the spotted frog's call is deep, short bass notes. Most of
their. calling is done while the frogs aré.above the water;
perhaps on some vegetation or near the shore. But if the frog __
wishes, it can simply slip below the surface and carry on

- calling as if nothing is amiss. ‘

To accomplish this, frogs have. a special” method of
producing their sound. .As the lungs delate, air: is passed over
the yocal chords. The thin cords vibrate, producing a par-
ticular sound. This is not unlike many other animals which

" can speak orging. What the frogs have thatis unique isan air

sac. This special air bag is filled as the tungs empty them-

selves. The sacacts like the body of a guitar, and increases,

the volume of the sound many times, In this way, & amall

frog can have a very loud call, hich’
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_ Spotted frogs have a poorly developed vocal sac,

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explains their low call notes, Nevertheless, they still pass alr -
from thelr, lungs, over the chords, and into a small sac. This
entire process is done with the mouth and nostrils closed. So,
they can_call underwater, and not be bothered by water
getting into their air passages. .. me

” This curious habit of singing above or below-the water can
prove frustrating. Ona few memorable occasions, Theard so
many frogs calling that the temptation to look for ane was too
much to resist. Armed with my camera, flashlight and.

“waders, I set out on what I though would be a quick ex-
. ploration. ot

“Pwo hours later, I wasstillin the swamp. The frogs always:
seemed to be calling right at my feet, yet I was unable to see
them. . Finally I located one, almost totally submerged
amongst the vegetation. It was ‘small‘enough to fit In my ~
hand, yet its calls sounded like they were amplified over a
loud speaker system. | .

If you ever decide to go looking for croaking frogs, °
remember to look beneath the water as well as aboveit.

. Beno claimed that the

| owners’ permission.

d ‘he doubts the wronged songwriter

“The second In a series of five.artictes ort,
for ariists an Inventors by Gordan Hardy, tor.
“When: singer ‘Sonny Bono sta ed o sult -
damages In 1969 against, & Quebec record:
pressing company which had released his songs :
“In French, he -did. so -not 45 an enemy, 7
bilingualism or the French language but ae ca
indignant owner of an infringed copyright. ict
, Quebec company had .
zaken his popular, copyrighted songs. and.
rel eased themin French without his consent-and y
without paying royalites. The songs Included:
' such titles as There Goes My Everything and...
@ a Co ced:
pone's suit.came as part of an action by“12°..
U.S, music companies and performers who had’...
“been alerted about Instances of copyright. ‘in-
fringement by : thelr professional represen-
tatives. Performing artists like Bono usually,
belong. to groups ‘called performing : rights;
societies which regularly monitor the works of.
“their members and collect royalites on: thelr.)
- Behalf. In Canada there are two performing >.
rights socletles, Broadcast Music Incorporated —
for musical entertainers and the Composers,
- ‘Authors and: Publishers Association of Canada
both based In Toronto,.° og at
" Itballs down to a question of private property. :
‘Under. Canadian and. International copyright. ©
‘laws,’artistic works are seen as the Intellectual. .
property of the persons who create them. Other:
people cannot publicly perform, ‘sing .or.
-reproduce them in any way unless they have the:
«(There Is nothing, .
‘however, to stop other people fram privately *
performing them In thelr own homes.) ee
As with any other kind of property, the owner -.
of a copyright can keep It, sell It, or rent It at his.
own discretion for his entire lifetime: After his
death, it belongs to his‘helrs for: 50 years, after:
which Itenters the public domain. This means it"
Is no. longer private property. a
_Many authors, songwriters and performers
‘choose to sell, or assign, thelr copyrights. Or.
they decide to license them to publishing or...
recording companies for a certain perlod tn;

we return for ‘royalty: payments from the com--..-

panies each.time the work Is reproduced. The ©
recording or publishing company will then have _
the right to distribute the work, 2002
"A typleal royalty payment to a singer, for
example, would be 254.cents per song for each -
record sold. What seems Ilke peanuts can add -
-up to a fortune when a record becomes a hit.” :,.
The modest sum [ust mentioned would net the =.
performer $27 thousand Ifa ten-song album sold,
amililon copies. © _ ey
“Assigning or licensing‘an artistic work In-”.
volves making a written legal contract between: |

the author and the company. John Swift, a. ~

Vancouver lawyer who works in the copyright —
area, says, “| always urge artists not to be. shy...
-about this, to be reasonably aggressive.”
“You're always presented with a form con- .:; .
tract and there’s more fine print than you can".

- ‘shake a stick at,” he says. “Most people prefer.

to read the musical score rather than the fine. -.‘
print and they often just sign at the bottom:
without reading the contract. But you can't shut.
the barn door after the horse Is gone.” yo
- Another lawyer, Eric Kagna, who Is active in”
Vancouver's burgeoning music sene, also ad- ~~
vises songwriters and musicians to be careful In -
their dealings with music publishing companies. ~
“Publishing Is singly the most Important.
source of income In the music Industry and.
‘probably even the motion picture industry,” he
‘ gays. “If you are Involved with publishing .-:
companies, don’t do anything until you've talked...
to a lawyer.” oS : ; “
~ A lawyer can prove Indispensable, too, In -.
protecting a copyrighted work of art from being ~
imitated or stolen outright by someone else...
Contrary to popular belief, the government
plays no active role In protecting Individual’
“copyrights. Enforcement of a copyright Is.
_ entirely the responsibility of the owner-or the ~
performing rights soclety to which he pays fees, |
This means the owner of an infringed °-
_ copyright must drag the Infringing individual or. -
company to court where he may sue for -
damages.- . ee
For example, if a songwriter discovered his“:
song had been lifted by a singer and turned Into .”
a hit record, he could sue the singer for all the:
money he’d madewith the hit, though Swift says:
would ‘get...

more than 4 portion of It, : _
Swift says enforcement of a copyright can be.
very difficult, escpecially since “it's pretty hard |
to know If someone In Tampa Bay, Florida, is:
Infringing your copyright,”” Se
Copyright law does allow people other than
‘the owner of a copyrighted work to reproduce
small portions of It for the purposes of study,
criticism or newspaper summary. This Is called
falr dealing. But the line between fair dealing

og vand plagiarism, theft of artistic works, Is a”

vague one that the co
te tne urts have offen had to
Imilarly, the courts are often d ie
disputes over the issue of derivathnn works,
works which may appear to be imitations pf
copyright works, Kage says the courts arrive. -
ata decision in cases like these with the. test .

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