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 […]
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A Conversation with… ole’s Robert Ott
*This article was published in FYI Music News on September 10, 2015 and is reproduced here with the permission of the writer, David Farrell. Robert Ott isn’t exactly a household name at home in Canada but over the past eleven years he has quietly built a global empire out of Toronto, transforming a music publishing start-up […]
A Chat with Caroline Rioux, CMRRA President
This month, we sat down with Caroline Rioux and asked her some questions. Read her thoughts and comments below. Q: October will mark the two year anniversary of your appointment as President. Congratulations! What are the highlights of those first two years? A: It’s been a formidable two years for CMRRA and for me as […]
Meet Margaret McGuffin, CMRRA’s Vice President, Strategy & Business Development
By Martin Melhuish (adapted from an article in Music Publisher Canada – Winter 2015 edition) Let me introduce you to Margaret McGuffin who joined the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA) in the newly-created executive position of Vice President, Strategy & Business Development in the fall of last year. Before joining CMRRA, Margaret was the […]
Title and Header Details Page
Fields for populating data are active when the background is white. If the field is greyed out, it is inactive and in some cases may require further action or information to enable it for you to input information (ex. Commercial Recording Details section) Commercial Recording Details – This information will assist CMRRA in prioritizing your […]
Understanding Licence Responses and Licence Details
Licensing of Major Label Releases Following the settlement of the pending list class action suit, CMRRA is now exchanging licence data with the major labels via the electronic licensing system administered through CSI (CMRRA-SODRAC Inc.). Background information on this can be obtained via the CSI Music Services website. Under this system, an electronic licence request […]
How do I access the Work, Licence and Royalty Statement Details related to Registered Accounts under the My Home page?
Administrator Type Users/PUBLISHER ADMINISTRATORS WITH MULTIPLE PAYEE ACCOUNTS: Primary Account When you register as an administrator with multiple payee accounts, CMRRA will assist you in identifying your Primary Account. This is the account that links together your related catalogues and under which all Works and Licences can be viewed. When you sign in and reach […]
CMRRA Direct Technical Support
Please use the form below to contact CMRRA Direct technical support regarding CMRRA Direct web portal-related* questions only. When describing your technical difficulty in the contact form below, please be as specific as possible so that we can address the issue in as timely and complete a manner as possible. Please note that the following […]
About Statements
CMRRA royalty statements have changed! Beginning with the March 2016 quarterly distribution, all statements generated by CMRRA’s new LDS system will be in our new, enhanced, electronic format. This new standard statement format will be useful to a broader range of users, meeting the needs of all our clients. We have reached out to many […]
What are the CMRRA Terms and Conditions of Use?
When you submit your registration request to CMRRA for use of the CMRRA Direct site, you are required to agree to the Terms and Conditions of use. From time to time, CMRRA may update these Terms and Conditions. In the event that this occurs, we will require you to review and agree to the updated […]
