CMRRA

Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency

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Music Publishers Welcome Consultations on the Operations of the Copyright Board

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August 9, 2017, TORONTO, ON — The Canadian Music Publishers Association and Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd. welcome the federal government’s consultations on how to review the work of the Copyright Board of Canada and are committed to participating fully in the consultation process. “The operation and resulting decisions of the Board are crucial […]

An Interview with Chris Giansante

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ole’s senior vice president of finance and administration, Chris Giansante, always harbored a love of music but it was his talent with numbers that ultimately led him to Canada’s music industry. “I’ve always been a huge music fan but despite an aspiration, I knew I wasn’t cut out to be a rock star,” he said. […]

Letter to Clients: CMRRA Acquisition by SoundExchange

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May 16, 2017 Subject: CMRRA Acquisition by SoundExchange To CMRRA’s Valued Clients: Yesterday SoundExchange announced its acquisition of CMRRA and its plan to team up to create an organization that has the potential to offer incredible opportunities to the entire music industry. This marks a very important milestone in CMRRA’s history and I’m delighted to […]

SoundExchange Acquires Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA)

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WASHINGTON, D.C., and TORONTO – May 15, 2017 – SoundExchange today announced that it has acquired the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd. (CMRRA), a music licensing collective representing the vast majority of songs recorded, sold and broadcast in Canada on behalf of music publishers. The move is a dramatic development for the global music […]

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 […]