Full expansion into music reproduction rights adds strength to Canada’s largest music organization Montréal and Toronto, July 31st, 2018 – Both organizations announced today that SOCAN’s acquisition of SODRAC has closed, enabling SOCAN to offer an integrated approach to the management of both performing rights and reproduction rights of songwriters, composers and music publishers. The […]
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Continuity – Equity – Support – Culture and media coalition responds to the vision of Canadian Heritage
MONTRÉAL, Oct. 2, 2017 – The organizations making up the Coalition for Culture and Media have expressed their disappointment concerning the fuzzy logic and inconsistent vision of the Canadian government with respect to its Creative Canada roadmap. At a time when people were looking for concrete answers to pressing questions with regard to the sustainability […]
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Songwriters and Music Publishers Appeal Canadian Copyright Board’s Decision on the CSI Online Music Services Tariff
September 26, 2017 – Toronto and Montréal – On August 25, 2017, the Copyright Board of Canada (“Board”) released its decision certifying the royalties payable to songwriters and music publishers for the reproduction of musical works by online music services operating in Canada, including services that offer music downloads, on-demand streaming and webcasting. CMRRA-SODRAC Inc. […]
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SODRAC announces the distribution of the CBC’s internal production synchronization fees
After a lengthy legal debate with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), which has been submitted to the Copyright Board, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada, SODRAC is pleased to announce that it may finally begin to distribute the royalties collected for the 2008-2012 period from synchronization rights for the CBC’s […]
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Modernization of Copyright Act affects creators
Despite the announced rebalancing of the interests at stake in the Copyright Act, Industry Minister Tony Clement and Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore have presented Canadian citizens with a draft legislation entitled Copyright Modernization Act that will deprive the musical creative community of essential sources of income. Indeed, several of the proposed changes will have a direct […]
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Brief for the revision of the Copyright Act
SODRAC participates in the copyright consultation initiated by the Canadian Heritage and Official Languages and the Industry, Science and Technology ministries. Here is the brief that we have sent on behalf of our members today, and in which we deal mainly with the following topics: Maintaining and expanding the private copying regime Accountability of Internet […]
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