Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 153, Number 21: Proposed Statement of Royalties to Be Collected for the Reproduction of Musical Works, of Sound Recordings and of Performers’ Performances

May 25, 2019

COPYRIGHT BOARD

Proposed Statement of Royalties to Be Collected for the Reproduction of Musical Works, of Sound Recordings and of Performers’ Performances

In accordance with section 70.14 of the Copyright Act, the Copyright Board hereby publishes, as filed with the Board on March 29, 2019, the proposed statement of royalties to be collected from commercial radio stations by the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd. (CMRRA) and by the Society of Composers, Authors and Musical Publishers of Canada, the Société du droit de reproduction des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs au Canada inc. and SODRAC 2003 Inc. (SOCAN) for the reproduction, in Canada, of musical works, by Connect Music Licensing Service Inc. and the Société de gestion collective des droits des producteurs de phonogrammes et de vidéogrammes du Québec (Connect/SOPROQ) for the reproduction, in Canada, of sound recordings, and by Artisti for the reproduction, in Canada, of performers’ performances, for the year 2020.

In accordance with the provisions of the same section, the Board hereby gives notice that prospective users or their representatives who wish to object to the proposed statement of royalties may file written objections with the Board, at the address indicated below, within 60 days of the publication hereof, that is no later than July 24, 2019.

Ottawa, May 25, 2019

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)

PROPOSED STATEMENT OF ROYALTIES TO BE COLLECTED FROM COMMERCIAL RADIO STATIONS BY THE CANADIAN MUSICAL REPRODUCTION RIGHTS AGENCY LTD. (CMRRA), AND BY THE SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, AUTHORS AND MUSIC PUBLISHERS OF CANADA, THE SOCIÉTÉ DU DROIT DE REPRODUCTION DES AUTEURS, COMPOSITEURS ET ÉDITEURS AU CANADA INC. AND SODRAC 2003 INC. (SOCAN) FOR THE REPRODUCTION, IN CANADA, OF MUSICAL WORKS, BY CONNECT MUSIC LICENSING SERVICE INC. AND THE SOCIÉTÉ DE GESTION COLLECTIVE DES DROITS DES PRODUCTEURS DE PHONOGRAMMES ET DE VIDÉOGRAMMES DU QUÉBEC (CONNECT/SOPROQ) FOR THE REPRODUCTION, IN CANADA, OF SOUND RECORDINGS, AND BY ARTISTI FOR THE REPRODUCTION, IN CANADA, OF PERFORMERS’ PERFORMANCES, FOR THE YEAR 2020

Short Title

1. This tariff may be cited as the Commercial Radio Reproduction Tariff (CMRRA, SOCAN, Connect/SOPROQ, and Artisti: 2020).

Definitions

2. In this tariff,

“low-use station” means a station that

Application

3. (1) This tariff sets the royalties to be paid each month by commercial radio stations

(2) This tariff also entitles a station to authorize a person to reproduce a musical work or performer’s performance for the purpose of delivering it to the station, so that the station can use it as permitted in subsection (1).

(3) This tariff does not authorize the use of any reproduction made pursuant to subsection (1) in association with a product, service, cause or institution.

Royalties

4. (1) A low-use station shall pay, on its gross income for the reference month,

5. (1) A station that is not a low-use station shall pay, on its gross income for the reference month,

6. All royalties payable under this tariff are exclusive of any federal, provincial or other governmental taxes or levies of any kind that may apply.

Administrative Provisions

7. No later than the first day of each month, a station shall

8. At any time during the period set out in subsection 10(2), a collective society may require the production of any contract granting rights referred to in paragraph (c) of the definition of “gross income,” together with the billing or correspondence relating to the use of these rights by other parties.

Information on Repertoire Use

9. (1) Each entry provided under paragraph 7(d) shall include the following information, where available:

(2) The information set out in subsection (1) shall be provided in electronic format (Excel format or any other format agreed upon by the collective societies and the station) where possible, with a separate field for each piece of information required in subsection (1) other than the cue sheets which are to be used to insert the relevant music use information into each field of the report.

(3) For certainty, the use of the expression “where available” in subsection (1) means that all the listed information in the station’s possession or control, regardless of the form or the way in which it was obtained, must mandatorily be provided to the collective societies.

Records and Audits

10. (1) A station shall keep and preserve, for a period of six months after the end of the month to which they relate, records from which the information set out in subsection 9(1) can be readily ascertained.

(2) A station shall keep and preserve, for a period of six years after the end of the year to which they relate, records from which the station’s gross income can be readily ascertained.

(3) A collective society may audit the records referred to in subsections (1) and (2) at any time during the period set out therein, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours. The collective society shall, upon receipt, supply a copy of the report of the audit to the station that was the object of the audit and to the other collective societies and Re:Sound Music Licensing Company (“Re:Sound”).

(4) If an audit discloses that royalties due have been understated in any month by more than 10 per cent, the station shall pay the reasonable costs of the audit within 30 days of the demand for such payment.

Confidentiality

11. (1) Subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4), information received from a station pursuant to this tariff shall be treated in confidence, unless the station that supplied the information consents in writing and in advance to each proposed disclosure of the information.

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

(3) Where confidential information is shared with service providers as per paragraph (2)(a), those service providers shall sign a confidentiality agreement which shall be shared with the affected station prior to the release of the information.

(4) Subsection (1) does not apply to information that is publicly available, or to information obtained from someone other than the station that supplied the information and who is not under an apparent duty of confidentiality to that station with respect to the supplied information.

Adjustments

12. 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.

Interest on Late Payments

13. 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.

Addresses for Notices, etc.

14. (1) Anything addressed to CMRRA shall be sent to 56 Wellesley Street West, Suite 320, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2S3, email: tariffnotices@cmrra.ca, fax number: 416‑926‑7521, or to any other address, email address or fax number of which a station has been notified in writing.

(2) Anything addressed to SOCAN shall be sent to 41 Valleybrook Drive, Toronto, Ontario M3B 2S6, email: licence@socan.com, fax number: 416‑442‑3371, or to any other address, email address or fax number of which the service has been notified in writing.

(3) Anything addressed to Connect shall be sent to 85 Mowat Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M6K 3E3, email: radioreproduction@connectmusic.ca, fax number: 416‑967‑9415, or to any other address, email address or fax number of which a station has been notified in writing.

(4) Anything addressed to SOPROQ shall be sent to 6420 Saint-Denis Street, Montréal, Quebec H2S 2R7, email: radioreproduction@soproq.org, fax number: 514‑842‑7762, or to any other address, email address or fax number of which a station has been notified in writing.

(5) Anything addressed to Artisti shall be sent to 5445 De Gaspé Avenue, Suite 1005, Montréal, Quebec H2T 3B2, email: radiorepro@artisti.ca, fax number: 514‑288‑7875, or to any other address, email address or fax number of which a station has been notified in writing.

(6) Anything addressed to a station shall be sent to the last address, email address or fax number of which a collective society has been notified in writing.

Delivery of Notices and Payments

15. (1) Royalties payable to Connect/SOPROQ are paid to Connect. All other information to which Connect/SOPROQ is entitled pursuant to this tariff is delivered to Connect and SOPROQ separately.

(1.1) Royalties payable to CMRRA are paid to CMRRA at 56 Wellesley Street West, Suite 320, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2S3, email: tariffnotices@cmrra.ca, fax number: 416‑926‑7521.

(1.2) Royalties payable to SOCAN are paid to SOCAN at 41 Valleybrook Drive, Toronto, Ontario M3B 2S6, email: licence@socan.com, fax number: 416‑442‑3371.

(2) A notice may be delivered by file transfer protocol (FTP), by hand, by postage-paid mail, by email or by fax. A payment must be delivered by hand, by postage-paid mail, or by electronic bank transfer (EBT), provided that the associated reporting is provided concurrently to the collective society by email.

(3) Information set out in sections 7 and 9 shall be sent by email. Anything mailed in Canada shall be presumed to have been received four business days after the day it was mailed.

(4) Anything sent by fax, email, FTP or EBT shall be presumed to have been received the day it was transmitted.

SCHEDULE “A”

LIST OF FRENCH-LANGUAGE STATIONS
Station Name / Call Sign Station Owner / Parent Company /Legal Name
JFN Productions 9097-2001 Québec Incorporé
CHRC-AM 9183-9084 Quebec Inc.
CJVD-FM 9188-7208 Quebec inc.
CKIN-FM 9427899 Canada Inc.
CFEI-FM Bell Media Inc.
CFIX-FM Bell Media Inc.
CFVM-AM Bell Media Inc.
CFVM-FM Bell Media Inc.
CFZZ-FM Bell Media Inc.
CHEY-FM Bell Media Inc.
CHIK-FM Bell Media Inc.
CHRD-FM Bell Media Inc.
CIGB-FM Bell Media Inc.
CIKI-FM Bell Media Inc.
CIMF-FM Bell Media Inc.
CIMO-FM Bell Media Inc.
CITE-FM Bell Media Inc.
CITE-FM-1 Bell Media Inc.
CITF-FM Bell Media Inc.
CJAB-FM Bell Media Inc.
CJDM-FM Bell Media Inc.
CJMM-FM Bell Media Inc.
CJMV-FM Bell Media Inc.
CJOI-FM Bell Media Inc.
CKTF-FM Bell Media Inc.
CKMF-FM Bell Media Radio
CJSA-FM Canadian Multicultural Radio
CHOX-FM CHOX FM Inc.
CIBM-FM CIBM-FM Mont-Bleu Ltée
CIRV-FM CIRC Radio Inc.
CJMC-FM CJMC Radio du Golfe Inc.
CFGE-FM Cogeco Diffusion Inc.
CFGL-FM Cogeco Diffusion Inc.
CFOM-FM COGECO Media Inc.
CHMP-FM COGECO Media Inc.
CIME-FM COGECO Media Inc.
CJEB-FM COGECO Media Inc.
CJMF-FM COGECO Media Inc.
CJTS-FM COGECO Media Inc.
CKAC-AM COGECO Media Inc.
CKOB-FM COGECO Media Inc.
CKOF-FM COGECO Media Inc.
CKOI-FM COGECO Media Inc.
CKOY-FM COGECO Media Inc.
CHOE-FM Communications de Matane Inc.
CHRM-FM Communications de Matane Inc.
CFXM-FM Coopérative de Travail de la Radio de Granby
CHNC-FM Coopérative des Travailleurs CHNC
CJWI-AM CPAM Radio Union Com. Inc.
CFMB-AM Evanov Radio Group
CIAO-AM Evanov Radio Group Inc.
CKJS-AM Evanov Radio Group Inc.
CHKG-FM Fairchild Radio Group Ltd.
CHKT-AM Fairchild Radio Group Ltd.
CJVB-AM Fairchild Radio Group Ltd.
CKCN-FM Groupe Attraction Inc. Division : CKCN-FM
CFDA-FM Groupe Attraction Radio
CFJO-FM Groupe Attraction Radio
CHEQ-FM Groupe Attraction Radio
CILM-FM Groupe Attraction Radio
CJIT-FM Groupe Attraction Radio
CJLM-FM Groupe Attraction Radio
CKGS-FM Groupe Attraction Radio
CKLD-FM Groupe Attraction Radio
CKYQ-FM Groupe Attraction Radio
CKDG-FM Groupe CHCR
CFGT-FM Groupe Radio Antenne 6 Inc.
CHRL-FM Groupe Radio Antenne 6 Inc.
CHVD-FM Groupe Radio Antenne 6 Inc.
CKXO-FM Groupe Radio Antenne 6 Inc.
CKYK-FM Groupe Radio Antenne 6 Inc.
CIQI-FM Groupe Radio Simard
CHRF-AM Le Groupe Radio Antenne 6
CHVD-AM Le Groupe Radio Antenne 6
CHYQ-FM Le5 Communications Inc.
CFEL-FM Leclerc Communication Inc.
CJEC-FM Leclerc Communication Inc.
CHMB-AM Mainstream Broadcasting Corp.
CJPX-FM Media Classic
CJSO-FM Media Classic
CHIN-AM Radio 1540 Ltd.
CHIN-FM Radio 1540 Ltd.
CJVA-AM Radio Acadie Ltée (La Super Station)
CKLE-FM Radio Acadie Ltée (La Super Station)
CHJM-FM Radio Beauce Inc.
CKRB-FM Radio Beauce Inc.
CHLC-FM Radio CHLC 97,1 FM Stereo
CIEL-FM Radio CJFP (1986) Ltée
CFVD-FM Radio Dégelis Inc.
CFMV-FM Radio du Golfe Inc.
CJEM-FM Radio Edmundston Inc.
CFLM-AM Radio Haute Mauricie Inc.
CHRN-AM Radio Humsafar
CJLV-AM Radio Humsafar
CIHO-FM Radio MF Charlevoix inc.
CHOU-AM Radio Moyen-Orient du Canada
CJAN-FM Radio Plus B.M.D. Inc.
CJAN-AM Radio Plus B.M.D. Inc.
CIPC-FM Radio Port-Cartier inc.
CKCN-AM Radio Sept-Îles Inc.
CKVM-AM Radio Témiscamingue Inc.
CKVM-FM Radio Témiscamingue Inc.
CFTX-FM RNC Media Inc.
CHGO-FM RNC Media Inc.
CHLX-FM RNC Media Inc.
CHOA-FM RNC Media Inc.
CHOI-FM RNC Media Inc.
CHPR-FM RNC Media Inc.
CHXX-FM RNC Media Inc.
CJLA-FM RNC Media Inc.
CKLX-FM RNC Media Inc.
CKER-FM Rogers Media Inc.
CKYQ-FM Société Radio Média CKYQ 95.7 FM
CFLO-FM Sonème Inc. (Radio CFLO-FM)
CKYE-FM South Asian Broadcasting Corp., Inc.
CJMS-AM T.A.M.M. Communications Inc.
CKOD-FM Torres Media Valley Field
CJMR-AM Trafalgar Broadcasting Limited (div. of Whiteoaks Communications Group Ltd.)
CFNV-AM TTP Média 7954689 Canada Inc.
CHOH-FM Vista Radio Ltd.