CMRRA

Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency

What is a post-synchronization licence?

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A post-synchronization licence covers the reproduction of a musical work contained in audiovisual content when copies of that audiovisual content are made. After a musical work is licensed and included in audiovisual content (such a film, television program, commercial, or user-generated content), then whenever copies of that audiovisual content are made it necessarily involves reproduction […]

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

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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 work. This is true even if you, as a copyright […]

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 […]

What is music copyright?

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Copyright is a form of property. Under Canadian law, a musical work is copyrighted if its author is still living, or if the author died less than 70 years ago. If more than one author created the work, copyright extends until 70 years after the death of the last surviving author. In the language of […]

What is CWR?

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Common Works Registration (CWR) is a standard format for the registration and revision of musical works. To learn more, please see CWR user manual provided by CISAC here.

Does CMRRA provide CWR software?

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No. Third-party music publishing software that produces CWR compliant registration files is available commercially.

Who should use CWR?

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Mid to large sized publishers have found that CWR is the most efficient way to register thousands of works with CMRRA on a regular basis.