TBH, I wasn't certain of that either, which was why I'd looked up the background. I'd be surprised if there weren't some common-law precedent or foundation cit

TBH, I wasn't certain of that either, which was why I'd looked up the background. I'd be surprised if there weren't some common-law precedent or foundation cited in Straus, and should look that up. Michael Geist might be a good source to look to for specifics of Canadian law, though AFAIU the Canadian royalties programme is defined under Public Lending Right: <https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/154625 https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/154625> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Lending_Right https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Lending_Right> Geist ... has apparently written on this: <https://www.michaelgeist.ca/tag/public-lending-right/ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/tag/public-lending-right/>