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For the love of music: Celebrating Kathryn King’s 34-year career with CMRRA

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In the early 80s, a 22-year-old Kathryn King beat out 200 applicants for a coveted part-time role typing index cards at Chappell Music (now Warner/Chappell Music Canada) in Toronto. Armed with a resumé that included composition and songwriting, singing, guitar, mandolin and keyboard playing, not to mention an unwavering passion for music, it was an […]

Update on LDS

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As you are aware, CMRRA partnered with Spanish Point Technologies to design and build CMRRA’s new cloud based Licensing and Royalty Distribution System (LDS) using the latest Microsoft technologies.  Today, this new system is benefitting our music publisher clients who are seeing increased royalty distributions as a result of our expanded matching capabilities. One of […]

YouTube Royalties – Reminder

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As announced last year, CMRRA is able to collect your YouTube royalties for the territory of Canada. We are collecting royalties on YouTube advertising revenue on their existing Canadian platform, as well as on subscription revenues on any subscription services they bring to Canada (including YouTube Red). This NEW agreement also covers YouTube’s Electronic Sell […]

Mechanical Licensing Agreement (MLA) Terms and Conditions

Subject to the terms and date of the Mechanical Licensing Agreement between CMRRA and Manufacturer (“Mechanical Licensing Agreement”), and incorporating the terms of the said Agreement. Grant of License: At the request of Licensee and in its capacity as agent for the Publisher, CMRRA hereby grants to Licensee a non-exclusive license to reproduce the Musical […]

Understanding Work Information

A Work List search provides the information below for each work returned. It is important to note that the default view displays 5 items in each grid. To see additional items, simply ‘left click’ anywhere in the grid to expand the view. Click again to collapse and return to the default view. Work Title (Original […]

Repertoire Search Instructions

Please note: By accessing and using CMRRA Direct Repertoire Search you are agreeing to these terms and conditions. The Repertoire Search screen provides you with the ability to search CMRRA’s musical works repertoire. The following search parameters are supported: Work Title (Original or Alternate)- The original title or any alternate title. The search type can […]

Searching for Musical Works

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The Work List search screen provides you with the ability to search CMRRA’s musical works repertoire. The following search parameters are supported: Title – The original title or any alternate title. The search type can be set to “Exact Match,” “Begins With,” or “Fuzzy”, where a “Fuzzy” search is a non-exact text search and will […]

Interpreting Repertoire Search Results

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The Repertoire search will return a list of possible matches for your search in a results grid. You can click on the View option to review the details of the work. If a work has an identified conflict in ownership, it will be flagged with a status of In Dispute, visible in the header section […]

An Interview with Diane Pinet

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A new year almost always brings a sense of hope and promise and this couldn’t be more true for CMRRA Board Director and Montreal-based Bloc-Notes Music Publishing founder, Diane Pinet. “A lot of things are going to change in our industry this year,” she said. “We’re a little bit on the down curve right now but […]