 Under the CBC's backup plan, a nationwide contest for Canadian composers would be held to submit a new theme.Published reports indicate that the impasse was caused by the CBC's offer to buy the theme outright for significantly less than Claman's representatives believe it to be worth, as well as the complications relating to the ongoing lawsuit.The publisher presented the CBC with a number of solutions including a licence virtually identical to the one in place for the better part of the previous ten years.