Mr. Gerry O'Brien:

I know that. In any organisation where funding is available - and this goes right up and down any sort of funding, not just film funding - there will always be people who will attempt to take advantage of it. We have to try to legislate and work against that. By the way, Equity supports section 481. Where the Government does something to try to increase the standard of living of its people, as the Olsberg report states, rather than necessarily adding to its coffers, there are people who will be in a position to control how those revenues go. In the arts, in particular, because the most important asset to an artist is his or her copyright and intellectual property, there will always be that imbalance. Then there is the ability of people in power to believe that they are doing right whereas they could actually be damaging the reputation and the government support. We want to try to make sure that that is worked out. Yes, there is a possibility. I am not saying the practice is rampant, but in all government-supported industries, not just the film industry, we have a record of that going back. We have to be careful, however.