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Tuesday, July 14, 2020

SOCAN Makes Audiam Leadership Change

Toronto, July 14, 2020 – SOCAN today announced that Jeff Price has departed wholly-owned Audiam, effective immediately. SOCAN COO Jeff King has assumed the duties of CEO. “Audiam’ s business will continue without change,” said Jennifer Brown, Interim-CEO of SOCAN. “SOCAN and Audiam will continue to work to represent rights holders and ensure they are […]

Thursday, May 14, 2020

SOCAN Gets Music Makers Paid for Live Facebook and Instagram Concerts with Encore! Program

Confirms May 15th royalties distribution will go out on target

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

SOCAN Welcomes Government Confirmation on Royalties and Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB)

Toronto, April 15, 2020 – SOCAN welcomes confirmation today from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Canadian Heritage Steven Guilbeault that royalty payments will not prevent creators from qualifying for benefits under the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB). SOCAN rights holders receive quarterly payments for performing and reproduction rights. These include songwriters, composers and […]

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

SOCAN Announces Resignation of CEO

Jennifer Brown Appointed Interim-CEO

Thursday, April 2, 2020

SOCAN Announces $2-million Enhanced Emergency Program for Struggling SOCAN Members

The program is based on information gained from discussions with numerous SOCAN members.

Friday, March 13, 2020

SOCAN Cancels SOCAN Awards

SOCAN has made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 SOCAN Awards,

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

SOCAN Collections Top $405-million with Expanded Membership and More Canadian Music Than Ever Used in Canada and Worldwide

But low average streaming royalties continue to serve as a wake-up call to dramatically and quickly improve rates, discoverability and modernization of Canadian Content rules

Thursday, January 30, 2020

Implementation of Canada-United States-Mexico Trade Agreement: SOCAN Denounces Omission of Key Copyright Provision

Toronto, January 30, 2020 – By omitting clauses from the updated Canada-United States-Mexico (CUSMA) implementation bill, the government has missed a huge opportunity to strengthen copyright protections in Canada. In the CUSMA signed by Prime Minister Trudeau in November 2018, copyrighted works were to enter the public domain in Canada 70 years after the death of the author or composer. SOCAN and […]

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

SOCAN Welcomes “Canada’s Communications Future: Time to Act” Report

Toronto, January 29, 2020 – The federal Broadcasting & Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel today released its final report on modernizing the legislation governing Canada’s communications sector, recommending that the Federal Government introduce as quickly as possible new legislation supporting the creation, production and discoverability of Canadian content. That includes making it mandatory for online streaming […]

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