CMRRA

Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency

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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 […]

Update on CMRRA tariffs

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CMRRA would like to give you an update on our licensing activities on behalf of our music publisher clients. As you already know, we license a wide variety of reproduction activity, including traditional mechanical reproduction, digital distribution and subscriptions, radio broadcasting (both satellite and terrestrial), and background music supply. We license music users via a […]

Meet Sandra Nettleton: CMRRA’s Director of Licensing and Royalties

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Most of our music publisher clients already know Sandra Nettleton, CMRRA’s Director of Licensing and Royalties. Born in Mozambique, Sandra started part-time employment with CMRRA in July 1990 while still in high school. She continued with her education while working at CMRRA and studied Business Administration at both York and Ryerson Universities. Throughout her years […]

The NEW CMRRA Direct is here!

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The new CMRRA Direct is here! CMRRA Direct is a portal for our music publisher clients to provide direct and secure access to their work along with licence and royalty information in our new License and Royalty Distribution System (LDS). This client interface has been re-launched with new and enhanced features. We encourage all of […]

Are there other rights for music under copyright?

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Yes, there are a number of other rights under copyright law. For example, the owners of master recordings control the reproduction right for their copyright protected work, and are entitled to compensation for exercises of that right (such as background music suppliers and DJs). For more information about the reproduction of sound recordings, please visit […]