The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada ( SOCAN ) is a Canadian performance rights organization that represents the performing rights of more than 175,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. The organization collects license fees through a music licensing program approved by the Copyright Board of Canada .
8-665: SOCAN is a result of a merger that took place in 1990 between the Composers, Authors and Publishers Association of Canada (CAPAC) and the Performing Rights Organization of Canada (PROCAN). In 2013, Front Row Insurance Brokers Inc. initiated an online musical instrument insurance program for members of various Canadian music associations, including SOCAN. In May 2016, SOCAN acquired the Seattle-based company Medianet Digital for an undisclosed amount;
16-528: A database of song recordings and metadata for identification. In July 2019, SOCAN partnered with Re:Sound to launch Entandem, a single online portal to collect both copyright and neighbouring rights royalties. This article about a music organization is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Composers, Authors and Publishers Association of Canada The Composers, Authors and Publishers Association of Canada ( French : Association des compositeurs, auteurs et éditeurs du Canada Ltée )
24-500: A percentage of revenues. Over the next few years the organization came into conflict with the Canadian Association of Broadcasters as well as a number of private supper clubs, who objected to paying the royalties and license fees assessed by CAPAC. While the issue was in the courts, both the stations and the clubs were enjoined from playing any CAPAC music unless they paid a percentage of their revenue to CAPAC. In 1955
32-589: The CPRS in 1930. In 1945 CPRS became CAPAC through the Supplementary Letters Patent . CAPAC developed a schedule under which broadcasters and cinema owners paid royalties for each playing of CAPAC music, while live music venues were required to purchase music performance licenses. Royalties were also collected when music was used in advertisements. In 1950 CPAC changed its method of assessment from logging individual performances to collecting
40-598: The Supreme Court ruled that radio stations could decide either to pay 1% of their revenue to CAPAC or refrain from using CAPAC music. By 1976 CAPAC had about 6,000 members and revenue of about $ 10 million. In 1989 the organization merged with the Performing Rights Organization of Canada to form the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada . This article about an organization in Canada
48-547: The operation of CAPAC. CAPAC was established as a subsidiary of Great Britain's Performing Rights Society (PRS) under the name the Canadian Performing Rights Society (CPRS) in 1925. Its initial purpose was to administer the royalties of composers, lyricists and music publishers whose creations were performed in Canada, be they native Canadians or foreigners. The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers bought partial ownership of
56-409: The organization planned to leverage the company's software and database of rights metadata to assist in the calculation and distribution of royalties for works on digital music streaming services. In July 2016, SOCAN acquired Audiam, a U.S. startup created by TuneCore founder Jeff Price that specializes in managing the distribution of royalties for songs used on digital services such as YouTube , using
64-428: Was a Canadian copyright collective for the right to communicate with the public and publicly perform musical works. CAPAC administered these rights on behalf of its members (composers, lyricists, songwriters, and their publishers) and those of affiliated international organizations by licensing the use of their music in Canada. Royalties were paid to the music creators after administration costs were deducted to pay for
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