Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 155, Number 16: SUPPLEMENT

April 17, 2021

SUPPLEMENT Vol. 155, No. 16

Canada Gazette

Part I

OTTAWA, Saturday, April 17, 2021

COPYRIGHT BOARD

SOCAN Tariff 14 — Performance of an Individual Work (2018-2024)

Citation: 2021 CB 3-T
See also: SOCAN Tariff 14 (2018-2024), 2021 CB 3

Published pursuant to section 70.1 of the Copyright Act

Lara Taylor
Secretary General
613‑952‑8621 (telephone)
registry-greffe@cb-cda.gc.ca (email)

SOCAN TARIFF 14 — PERFORMANCE OF AN INDIVIDUAL WORK (2018-2024)

Tariff of royalties to be collected by SOCAN in compensation for the right to perform in public, in Canada, musical or dramatico-musical works forming part of its repertoire.

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 perform in public or to authorize the performance in public of musical or dramatico-musical works.

Except where otherwise specified, fees payable for any licence granted by SOCAN shall be due and payable upon 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

For the performance, in the years 2018-2024, of an individual work or an excerpt therefrom by a performer or contrivance at any single event when that work is the sole work performed from the repertoire of SOCAN, the fee payable shall be as follows:

When the performance of the work does not last more than three minutes:

Table 1: Royalty rates when the performance of the work does not last more than three minutes
Potential Audience Musical Group or Orchestra with or without Vocal Accompaniment Single Instrument with or without Vocal Accompaniment
500 or less $5.35 $2.72
501 to 1 000 $6.27 $4.11
1 001 to 5 000 $13.37 $6.68
5 001 to 10 000 $18.66 $9.36
10 001 to 15 000 $24.01 $12.03
15 001 to 20 000 $29.30 $14.65
20 001 to 25 000 $34.60 $17.33
25 001 to 50 000 $40.05 $17.48
50 001 to 100 000 $45.45 $22.72
100 001 to 200 000 $59.33 $26.63
200 001 to 300 000 $66.68 $33.31
300 001 to 400 000 $79.94 $39.95
400 001 to 500 000 $93.36 $46.68
500 001 to 600 000 $106.67 $53.26
600 001 to 800 000 $119.94 $59.58
800 001 or more $133.25 $66.68

When the performance of a work lasts more than three minutes, the above rates are increased as follows:

Table 2: Royalty rates when the performance of a work lasts more than three minutes
Increase (%)
Over 3 and not more than 7 minutes 75
Over 7 and not more than 15 minutes 125
Over 15 and not more than 30 minutes 200
Over 30 and not more than 60 minutes 300
Over 60 and not more than 90 minutes 400
Over 90 and not more than 120 minutes 500

If more than one work from SOCAN's repertoire is performed during any particular event, the fees shall be calculated under other applicable tariffs.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee's books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.