CMRRA

Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency

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CMRRA welcomes the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in CBC v SODRAC

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CMRRA welcomes the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in CBC v SODRAC, released November 26, 2015 after a hearing this past March. CMRRA participated in the appeal as an intervener, reinforcing SODRAC’s position that the so-called “broadcast-incidental” copies made by television broadcasters engage the exclusive right of reproduction in the Copyright Act, are […]

Online Services Update

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There are more online services than ever before offering music in Canada today! Apple Music launched in June 2015 and Spotify just marked the first anniversary of their entry into Canada back in the fall of 2014. Additionally there has been a steady stream of new services entering the Canadian digital music market, and CMRRA […]

Get to Know Michael Mackie

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Many of our publisher clients already know Michael Mackie who is the Manager of Repertoire. Michael began his employment with CMRRA in the Royalties department in 1997. Before joining CMRRA, he studied English and Mass Communications, graduating from York University. After gaining experience in the Royalties department, Michael moved on to the position of Licensing […]

Important Information Regarding Upcoming Changes to CMRRA Statements and Summaries

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We are very excited to announce that CMRRA has developed a new royalty statement format which will provide greater flexibility to all of our clients, while at the same time supporting more extensive data across all areas of royalty distribution. This new statement format will provide a standard that supports all types of distributions, and […]

Holiday Closure

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Please note that the CMRRA office will be closed from the afternoon of Dec 24, 2015 to the morning of January 4, 2016. We wish all our clients, licensees, colleagues and friends a very happy holidays season.

How to Register a Work

After you have registered for a CMRRA Direct account and have received confirmation that your account has been activated, you can begin to register works with CMRRA. Prior to registering a work, please confirm that your claim has not already been registered by searching for the title in the CMRRA Work List: under Works and […]

Do I need to apply for a licence to record my own song?

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If you are the sole copyright owner of the musical work, and have not assigned your rights to a music publisher or third party, you do not need to apply to CMRRA for a licence, nor pay mechanical royalties for the use of your own song. This is true even if you, as a copyright […]

What’s the difference between the reproduction and performing rights?

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When a copyrighted song is embodied on a sound carrier (such as a record, tape, CD) or in a digital file for the purpose of online music distribution or other use, that is an exercise of the reproduction right in the song. CMRRA is in the business of the granting such permission on behalf of […]

CSI Claims Website – Now Live

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Earlier this year, CMRRA-SODRAC Inc. (CSI) launched a new Claims Website for unpaid royalties associated with Post-2012 major label releases. Rights holders can now make claims on musical works for which royalties have been disbursed into a newly established trust account managed by CSI (“Licensing Trust”) and created pursuant to the 2010 settlement of the […]