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 We serve our members, the Canadian creators and publishers of music, and the members of international affiliated performing rights organizations. We act on their behalf to collect licence fees from users and then distribute these fees to our members and affiliates in the form of royalties. We also serve our customers – the venue operators, broadcasters, promoters, and others who authorize or perform the music in their establishments or at their events. Through their association with SOCAN, our customers enjoy the benefit of accessing the world's repertoire of copyright-protected music through a single central entity.  Our members are Canadians who create or publish musical works. They can be individuals, partnerships or companies. A music creator can be:
To be eligible for SOCAN membership, music creators must have:
A music publisher is the business partner in a musical composition. A
good music publisher uses its knowledge and contacts to promote the compositions.
Typically, a publisher enters into a songwriter-publisher agreement with
the songwriter whereby the songwriter assigns ownership and control of
the copyright-protected musical work(s) to the publisher, who in turn, earns a percentage
of the income derived from the exploitation of the music.
 SOCAN customers are music users. Music users pay SOCAN licence fees for the right to publicly perform music or communicate it to the public. Anyone who uses music for public performances (including broadcasts) and communication by telecommunication should be a SOCAN customer. For example, a licence is required for music played in restaurants and movie theatres, at fundraising events, fashion shows and sporting events, over the radio, on television, even when you’re on hold on the telephone. If you are unsure whether or not you need a licence, see our list of tariffs, or contact us and we’ll answer your questions. |
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