Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 148, Number 48: SUPPLEMENT

November 29, 2014

COPYRIGHT BOARD

(Erratum)

FILE: Public Performance of Musical Works

Statement of Royalties to Be Collected by SOCAN for the Communication to the Public by Telecommunication, in Canada, of Musical or Dramatico-Musical Works

Notice is hereby given that there are errors in the Statement of Royalties to Be Collected by the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) for the Communication to the Public by Telecommunication, in Canada, of Musical or Dramatico-Musical Works [SOCAN Tariffs 22.D.1 (Internet – Online Audiovisual Services) and 22.D.2 (Internet – User-Generated Content), 2007-2013 (the “Tariffs”)] published in the Supplement of the Canada Gazette, Part I, Vol. 148, No. 29, on July 19, 2014.

On July 18, 2014, the Copyright Board (the “Board”) issued its decision (the “Decision”) for the Tariffs. These Tariffs reflected agreements between the parties that were filed with the Board. The Decision was clear with respect to the Board's intention related to the fact that SOCAN did not have the right to collect royalties for permanent and limited downloads. However, the Board made an error in expressing its manifest intention in assuming that neither agreement made reference to downloads, and in certifying, as requested by the parties, Tariffs that reflected the terms and conditions of the agreements.

The corrected version of the Tariffs, which can be found in the following pages, eliminates any reference to downloads.

Ottawa, November 29, 2014

GILLES MCDOUGALL
Secretary General
56 Sparks Street, Suite 800
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0C9
613-952-8624 (telephone)
613-952-8630 (fax)
gilles.mcdougall@cb-cda.gc.ca (email)

STATEMENT OF ROYALTIES TO BE COLLECTED BY THE SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, AUTHORS AND MUSIC PUBLISHERS OF CANADA (SOCAN) FOR THE COMMUNICATION TO THE PUBLIC BY TELECOMMUNICATION, IN CANADA, OF MUSICAL OR DRAMATICO-MUSICAL WORKS FOR THE YEARS 2007 TO 2013

GENERAL PROVISIONS

All amounts payable under this tariff are exclusive of any federal, provincial or other governmental taxes or levies of any kind.

As used in this tariff, the term “licence” means a licence to communicate to the public by telecommunication or to authorize the communication to the public by telecommunication, as the context may require.

Except where otherwise specified, fees payable for any licence granted by SOCAN shall be due and payable upon the grant of the licence. Any amount not received by the due date shall bear interest from that date until the date the amount is received. Interest shall be calculated daily, at a rate equal to one per cent above the bank rate effective on the last day of the previous month (as published by the Bank of Canada). Interest shall not compound.

Each licence shall subsist according to the terms set out therein. SOCAN shall have the right at any time to terminate a licence for breach of terms or conditions upon 30 days' notice in writing.

Tariff No. 22.D.1

INTERNET – ONLINE AUDIOVISUAL SERVICES

Application

1. (1) This part of Tariff 22 sets the royalties to be paid for the communication to the public by telecommunication of works in SOCAN's repertoire in connection with the operation of an online audiovisual service and its authorized distributors for the years 2007 to 2013.

(2) This part of the tariff does not apply to uses covered by other applicable tariffs, including

Definitions

2. In this part of the tariff,

“additional information” means, in respect of each musical work contained in an audiovisual file, the following information, if available:

“audiovisual page impression” means a page impression that allows a person to hear an audiovisual work; (« consultation de page audiovisuelle »)

“file” means a digital file of an audiovisual work; (« fichier »)

“identifier” means the unique identifier an online audiovisual service assigns to a file; (« identificateur »)

“Internet-related revenues” means all revenues generated by Internet-related activities, including membership, subscription and other access fees, advertising, product placement, promotion, sponsorship, net revenues from the sale of goods or services and commissions on third-party transactions, but excluding

“page impression” means a request to load a single page from a site. To the extent a service displays content and measures user “impressions” of such content in units other than single Internet Web pages, it shall be acceptable to treat impressions of such units as “page impressions” as long as the same unit measure is used in the numerator and denominator of part “B” of the royalty formula in paragraph 3(c); (« consultation de page »)

“on-demand stream” means a stream selected by its recipient; (« transmission sur demande »)

“online audiovisual service” means a service that delivers streams of audiovisual works to end users, other than a service that offers only streams in which the file is selected by the service and can only be listened to at a time chosen by the service and for which no advance play list is published; (« service audiovisuel en ligne »)

“play” means the single performance of an on-demand stream; (« écoute »)

“quarter” means from January to March, from April to June, from July to September and from October to December; (« trimestre »)

“site” means a collection of pages accessible via a common root URL; (« site »)

“stream” means a file that is intended to be copied onto a local storage medium or device only to the extent required to allow listening to the file at substantially the same time as when the file is transmitted; (« transmission »)

“subscriber” means an end user with whom an online audiovisual service or its authorized distributor has entered into a contract for service, other than on a transactional per-stream basis, whether for a fee, for other consideration or free of charge, including pursuant to a free subscription; (« abonné »)

“year” means a calendar year. (« année »)

Royalties

3. The royalty payable for the communication of an audiovisual program containing one or more musical works requiring a SOCAN licence shall be as follows:

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Reporting Requirements
Service Identification

4. (1) No later than the earlier of 20 days after the end of the first month during which an online audiovisual service communicates an audiovisual file requiring a SOCAN licence and the day before the service first makes such a file available to the public, the service shall provide to SOCAN the following information:

Sales Reports
On-Demand Streams

(2) No later than 20 days after the end of each month, any online audiovisual service that provides on-demand streams shall provide to SOCAN a report setting out for that month, in relation to each audiovisual file that was delivered as an on-demand stream, the following information, if available:

(3) If the online audiovisual service offers subscriptions in connection with its provision of on-demand streams, the service shall provide the following information:

(4) If the online audiovisual service claims that a SOCAN licence is not required for a file, the service shall provide information to SOCAN that establishes why the licence is not required.

Page Impressions for Services With Internet-related Revenues

(5) No later than 20 days after the end of each month, any online audiovisual service that is required to pay royalties pursuant to subsection 3(c) shall provide to SOCAN the following information:

(6) An online audiovisual service that is required to pay royalties pursuant to more than one subsection of section 5 shall file a separate report pursuant to each subsection of this section.

Calculation and Payment of Royalties

5. Royalties shall be due no later than 20 days after the end of each month.

Adjustments

6. Adjustments to any information provided pursuant to sections 3 or 4 shall be provided with the next report dealing with such information.

7. (1) Subject to subsection (2), adjustments in the amount of royalties owed, including excess payments, as a result of the discovery of an error or otherwise, shall be made on the date the next royalty payment is due.

(2) Any excess payment resulting from an online audiovisual service providing incorrect or incomplete information about a file shall be deducted from future amounts owed for the use of works owned by the same person as the work in that file.

Records and Audits

8. (1) An online audiovisual service shall keep and preserve, for a period of six years after the end of the month to which they relate, records from which the information set out in sections 3 and 4 can be readily ascertained.

(2) SOCAN may audit these records at any time during the period set out in subsection (1) on reasonable notice and during normal business hours.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), if an audit discloses that royalties due have been understated in any year by more than 10 per cent, the online audiovisual service shall pay the reasonable costs of the audit within 30 days of the demand for such payment.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), any amount owing as a result of an error or omission on the part of SOCAN shall not be taken into account.

Confidentiality

9. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), SOCAN, the online audiovisual service and its authorized distributors shall treat in confidence information received pursuant to this tariff, unless the disclosing party consents in writing to the information being treated otherwise.

(2) Information referred to in subsection (1) may be shared

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to information that must be provided pursuant to section 70.11 of the Copyright Act.

Tariff No. 22.D.2

INTERNET – USER-GENERATED CONTENT

Application

1. (1) This part of Tariff 22 sets the royalties to be paid for the communication to the public by telecommunication of works in SOCAN's repertoire in connection with the operation of a user-generated content service for the years 2007 to 2013.

(2) This part of the tariff does not apply to uses covered by other applicable tariffs, including

Definitions

2. In this part of the tariff,

“additional information” means, in respect of each musical work contained in an audiovisual file, the following information, if available:

“file” means a digital file of an audiovisual work; (« fichier »)

“identifier” means the unique identifier an online audiovisual service assigns to a file; (« identificateur »)

“online audiovisual service” means a service that delivers streams of audiovisual works to end users, other than a service that offers only streams in which the file is selected by the service and can only be listened to at a time chosen by the service and for which no advance play list is published; (« service audiovisuel en ligne »)

“other content” means content other than pay content; (« autre contenu »)

“pay content” means audiovisual works transmitted to end users for a fee or charge; (« contenu payant »)

“play” means the single performance, partial or otherwise, of an on-demand stream; (« écoute »)

“quarter” means from January to March, from April to June, from July to September and from October to December; (« trimestre »)

“relevant revenues” means all revenues generated by all visits to watch pages on a site by end users having Canadian IP addresses, irrespective of whether the content that is subject to those visits contains any musical works or other audio content or any musical works in the repertoire of SOCAN, including membership, subscription and other access fees, advertising, product placement, promotion, sponsorship, net revenues from the sale of goods or services and commissions on third-party transactions, but excluding

“site” means a collection of pages accessible via a common root URL; (« site »)

“stream” means a file that is intended to be copied onto a local storage medium or device only to the extent required to allow listening to the file at substantially the same time as when the file is transmitted; (« transmission »)

“user-generated content” means audiovisual content posted to a site by a person other than the operator of the site and available for free viewing by end users; (« contenu généré par les utilisateurs »)

“user-generated content service” means an online audiovisual service that transmits predominantly user-generated content; (« service de contenu généré par les utilisateurs »)

“watch pages” means pages designed for viewing audiovisual content, including viewing of embedded pages accessed from another site; (« pages à visionner »)

“year” means a calendar year. (« année »)

Royalties

3. The royalty payable to SOCAN for the communication of audiovisual programs, including but not limited to music videos, by a user-generated content service shall be as follows: 1.7% for the years 2007-2010, and 1.9% for the years 2011-2013, of the service's relevant revenues. A service with no revenue shall pay an annual fee of $15.00.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Reporting Requirements
Service Identification

4. (1) No later than the earlier of 20 days after the end of the first month during which a user-generated content service communicates user-generated content and the day before the service first makes such content available to the public, the service shall provide to SOCAN the following information:

Sales Reports

(2) No later than 20 days after the end of each month, the user-generated content service shall provide to SOCAN a report setting out for that month, in relation to each audiovisual file delivered, the following information, if available:

Calculation and Payment of Royalties

5. Royalties shall be due no later than 20 days after the end of each month.

Adjustments

6. Adjustments to any information provided pursuant to sections 3 or 4 shall be provided with the next report dealing with such information.

7. (1) Subject to subsection (2), adjustments in the amount of royalties owed, including excess payments, as a result of the discovery of an error or otherwise, shall be made on the date the next royalty payment is due.

(2) Any excess payment resulting from a user-generated content service providing incorrect or incomplete information about a file shall be deducted from future amounts owed for the use of works owned by the same person as the work in that file.

Records and Audits

8. (1) A user-generated content service shall keep and preserve, for a period of six years after the end of the month to which they relate, records from which the information set out in sections 3 and 4 can be readily ascertained.

(2) SOCAN may audit these records at any time during the period set out in subsection (1) on reasonable notice and during normal business hours.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), if an audit discloses that royalties due have been understated in any quarter by more than 10 per cent, the user-generated content service shall pay the reasonable costs of the audit within 30 days of the demand for such payment.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), any amount understated as a result of an error or omission on the part of SOCAN shall not be included in any calculation of any understatement of royalties.

Confidentiality

9. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), SOCAN, the user-generated content service and its authorized distributors shall treat in confidence information received pursuant to this tariff, unless the disclosing party consents in writing to the information being treated otherwise.

(2) Information referred to in subsection (1) may be shared

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to information that must be provided pursuant to section 70.11 of the Copyright Act.