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Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency

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What is a music publisher?

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The person or company which owns or administers a copyright is usually called the music publisher. The publisher represents the interests of the songwriter and works to maximize the revenue of its catalogue of musical compositions. The publisher usually makes a deal with the songwriter for the sharing of revenue. It often happens that a […]

A Chat with Caroline Rioux, CMRRA President

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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

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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 […]

CMRRA Direct Portal

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CMRRA is excited to launch its new CMRRA Direct application over the next couple of weeks! CMRRA Direct is the portal through which our clients are able to access their work, licence and royalty data, and we are re-launching this tool with new and enhanced features that will link directly to our new LDS system. […]

Welcoming Access Copyright To Our Premises!

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CMRRA is thrilled to extend a warm welcome to the staff of Access Copyright following their move to our premises in late August. We’re extremely pleased to have this opportunity to share our workspace with this collective, along with CPCC and CMPA, and we’re looking forward to the new dynamic that will form from working […]

Congratulations Robert Ott!

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CMRRA is pleased to congratulate Robert Ott, co-founder, Chairman & CEO of ole and CMRRA Board Member, on receiving the 2015 Leonard T. Rambeau International Award! This CCMA Award of Achievement recognizes an individual who has demonstrated extraordinary effort in assisting the aims and initiatives of the Canadian country music industry internationally. Read the CCMA […]

How do I locate the music publisher?

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There are, literally, tens of thousands of music publishers, ranging from multi-national organizations to individual songwriters with very small catalogues. Finding a particular one can be time-consuming. For this reason, music publishers have formed larger bodies to centralize and standardize the process of licensing and collecting royalties. One such organization is CMRRA. CMRRA represents the […]

Licensing & Royalty Processing

Sandra Nettleton, Senior Director, Licensing and Distribution Operations Lauren Ali, Associate Director, Licensee Management (Broadcast|Digital) and Operational Support Angela Fex, Manager, Mechanical Licensing Joy Galiatsos, Manager, Online Processing and Claims Administration Jennifer Bird, Supervisor, Licensee Management Pamela Nichol, Supervisor, Royalty Processing and Distribution Licensee Management (Broadcast|Digital) and Tariff Administration: Lauren Ali, Associate Director, Licensee Management […]

Title and Header Details Page

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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 […]