| 1A |
Commercial
Radio
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Monthly fee: 1.5 % of music station’s
advertising revenues for stations where SOCAN’s repertoire is
broadcast less than 20 % of broadcast time. For any other music
station, 3.2 % on its first $1.25 million of annual revenues
and 4.4 % on the rest.
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| 1B |
Non-commercial Radio
Application form
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Annual fee: 1.9% of station's gross
operating costs.
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| 2A |
Commercial Television
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Monthly fee: 1.9% of station's gross
income.
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| 2B |
Ontario
Educational Communications Authority
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Annual fee: $300,080 |
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| 3A |
Live
Music
Application form |
Annual fee: 3% of compensation for
entertainment (minimum annual fee of $83.65).
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| 3B |
Recorded
Music Accompanying Live Entertainment
Application form
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Annual fee: 2% of compensation for
entertainment (minimum annual fee of $62.74).
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| 3C |
Adult
Entertainment Clubs
Application form
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Annual fee: 4.4˘ per day in operation
as an adult entertainment club multiplied by capacity
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| 4A1 |
Popular
Music Concerts (Per Event Licence)
Application form
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Fee per concert:
a) Where admission is charged: 3% of gross receipts from ticket
sales, exclusive of sales and amusement taxes. (minimum $35.00
per concert).
b) Where no admission is charged: 3% of fees paid to singers,
musicians, dancers, conductors & other performing artists (minimum
$35.00 per concert). |
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| 4A2 |
Popular
Music Concerts (Annual Licence)
Application form
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Annual fee:
a) Where admission is charged: 3% of gross receipts from ticket sales, exclusive of sales and amusement taxes (minimum $60.00 per year).
b) Where no admission is charged: 3% of fees paid to singers, musicians, dancers, conductors & other performing artists (minimum $60.00 per year). |
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| 4B1 |
Classical
Music Concerts (per concert or event licence)
Application form
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Fee per concert:
a) Where admission is charged: 1.56% of gross receipts from
ticket sales, exclusive of sales and amusement taxes. (minimum
$35.00 per concert)
b) Where no admission is charged: 1.56% of fees paid to singers,
musicians, dancers, conductors & other performing artists (minimum
$35.00 per concert). |
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| 4B2 |
Annual
Licence for Orchestras
Application form
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Semi-Annual fee: from $62.00 to
$411.00 per concert, based on annual orchestra budget, for live
performances by orchestra (including singers), at concerts or
recitals of classical music |
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| 4B3 |
Annual
Licence for Presenting Organizations
Application form
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Annual fee for a series of concerts or recitals of classical
music forming part of an artistic season of a presenting organization:
a) Where admission is charged: 0.96 % of gross receipts from
ticket sales, subscription and membership revenues, for all
concerts (including concerts where no work of SOCAN's repertoire
is performed), exclusive of sales and amusement taxes (minimum $35.00 per year).
b) Where no admission is charged: 0.96 % of fees paid to singers,
musicians, dancers conductors, and other performing artists,
for all concerts (including concerts where no work of SOCAN's
repertoire is performed) in the series (minimum $35.00 per year).
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| 5A |
Exhibitions
& Fairs
Application form
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Fee based on total attendance:
a) Up to 75,000 persons - from $12.81 to $64.31 per day
b) Attendance in excess of 75,000 -
i) For the first 100,000 persons - 1.07˘ per person
ii) For the next 100,000 persons - 0.47˘ per person
iii) For the next 300,000 persons - 0.35˘ per person
iv) All additional persons 0.26˘ per person |
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| 5B |
Concerts
at Exhibitions & Fairs
Application form
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Fee per concert: 3% of gross receipts
from ticket sales, exclusive of sales and amusement taxes less
adult general grounds admission. |
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| 6 |
Motion
Picture Theatres
Application form
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Annual fee: $1.23 per seat; minimum
fee of $ 123.00 per year |
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| 7 |
Skating
Rinks
(Roller & Ice Skating)
Application form
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Annual fee:
a) Where admission is charged: 1.2% of gross receipts from admissions
exclusive of sales and amusement taxes (minimum annual fee of
$104.31)
b) Where no admission is charged: $104.31 |
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| 8 |
Receptions,
Conventions,Assemblies and Fashion Shows
Application form
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Fee per event, based on room capacity:
a) Without Dancing: from $20.56 to $87.40
b) With Dancing: from $41.13 to $174.79 |
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| 9 |
Sports
Events
Application form
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Fee per event shall be the lowest
of:
a) 0.05 per cent of gross receipts from ticket sales, exclusive
of sales and amusement taxes, or
b) Twice the amount that would have been payable pursuant to
Tariff No.9 in the year 2000.
c) Where no admission is charged: $5.00 per event. |
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| 10A |
Strolling
Musicians and Buskers; Recorded Music
Application form
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Fee per day: $32.55 for each day
on which music is performed (maximum fee of $222.93 in any three-month
period).For concerts in public parks, streets or other public
places, Tariff No. 4 shall apply. |
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| 10B |
Marching
Bands; Floats with Music
Application form
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Fee per band: $8.78 for each marching
band or float with music participating in a parade (minimum
fee of $32.55 per day). |
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| 11A |
Circuses,
Ice Shows, Fireworks Displays, Sound & Light Shows & Similar
Events
Application form
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Fee per event: 1.6% of gross ticket
sales, exclusive of sales and amusement taxes (minimum fee of
$61.85). |
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| 11B |
Comedy
Shows and Magic Shows
Application form
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Fee per show: $36.60 where use of
music is incidental. Where comedy or magic show is primarily
a musical act, Tariff 4.A applies. |
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| 12A |
Theme
Parks, Ontario Place Corporation and Similar Operations
Application form
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Fee per event: $2.41 per 1,000 persons
in attendance on days on which music is performed, plus 1.5%
of live entertainment costs. |
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| 12B |
Paramount
Canada's Wonderland Inc. and Similar Operations
Application form
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Fee per event: $5.09 per 1,000 persons
in attendance on days on which music is performed, plus 1.5%
of live entertainment costs.
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| 13A |
Aircraft
Application form
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Fee per quarter, based on seating
capacity:
a) Take-off and landing music - ranging from $40.50 to $82.50
per aircraft
b) In-flight music - ranging from $162.00 to $330.00 per aircraft |
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| 13B |
Passenger
Ships
Application form
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Annual fee, based on passenger capacity
of ship: $1.05 per person (minimum annual fee of $62.74) |
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| 13C |
Railroad
Trains, Buses & Other Public Conveyances Excluding Aircraft
and Passenger Ships
Application form
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Annual fee, based on passenger capacity
of the car, bus, or other public conveyance: $1.05 per person
(minimum annual fee of $62.74). |
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| 15A |
Background
Music
Application form
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Annual fee: $1.23 per square metre
or 11.46˘ per square foot; half the annual rate for establishments
operating less than six months per year. (In all cases, minimum
fee of $94.51) |
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| 15B |
Telephone
Music on Hold
Application form
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Fee for one trunk line: $94.51,
plus $2.09 for each additional trunk line. |
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| 16 |
Music
Suppliers
Application form
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Monthly fee is a percentage of amount
paid by subscribers for background music:
a) Industrial Premises - 4.75%
b) Other Premises - 7.5%(In all cases, minimum annual fee of
$48.00 per subscriber) |
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| 17 |
Small
Cable Transmission Systems and Unscrambled Low Power Television
Stations
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Annual fee: $10
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Other
Distribution Undertakings
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Monthly fee: 1.9% of
affiliation payments to Canadian pay and Non-Canadian specialty
services, plus the gross income of the programming undertaking
multiplied by the number of premises or TVROs (Television Receive
Only Earth Station) multiplied by 1.9% divided by the total
number of premises or TVROs receiving the signal on the last
day of the relevant month.
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Retransmission
of Distant Television Signals |
a) Annual fee: $100 for Small Retransmission
Systems, payable to collective societies
b) Annual fee: $100 for Unscrambled LPTV Systems and Unscrambled
MDS, payable to collective societies
c) Monthly fee: for Other Retransmission Systems, based on the
total number of premises/TVROs, payable to collective societies
d) Discount for Francophone Markets and Certain Non-Residential
Premises applies |
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Retransmission of Distant Radio Signals
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a) Annual fee: $12.50 for Small
Retransmission Systems, payable to collective societies
b) Annual fee: $12.50 for Unscrambled LPTV Systems and Unscrambled
MDS, payable to collective societies
c) Annual fee: 12 cents for Other Retransmission Systems, based
on the total number of premises/TVROs, payable to collective
societies
d) Discount for Francophone Markets and Certain Non-Residential
Premises applies |
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| 18 |
Recorded
Music for Dancing
Application form
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Annual fee, based on the capacity,
days per week and months per year of operation: ranging from
$267.33 to $1,069.32 per 100 persons, plus 10% for each additional
20 persons. |
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| 19 |
Fitness Activities and Dance Instruction
Application form
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Annual fee: Average number of persons
per week per room multiplied by $2.14 (minimum fee of $64.00).
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| 20 |
Karaoke
Bars And Similar Establishments
Application form
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Annual fee:
a) $191.24 for establishments operating with karaoke no more
than three days per week.
b) $275.56 for establishments operating with karaoke more than
3 days per week. |
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| 21 |
Recreational
Facilities Operated by a Municipality, School, College, University,
Agricultural Society or Similar Community Organizations
Application form
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Annual fee: $185.07 for each facility,
if the total revenue does not exceed $15,422.88 in 2004. |
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| 22A |
Online Music Services
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a) Permanent Downloads – Quarterly fee: 3.1% of the amount paid by the consumer. Minimum fee: 1.5 cents per file in a bundle that contains 13 files or more; 2.1 cents per file in all other cases.
b) Limited Downloads – Monthly fee: 5.7% of the amounts paid by subscriber. Minimum fee: 54.8 cents per month, per subscriber if portable limited downloads are allowed; 35.9 cents per month, per subscriber if not.
c) On-demand Streams – Monthly fee: 6.8% of the amounts paid by subscriber. Minimum fee: 43.3 cents per month, per subscriber.
NOTE: Rates and amounts reflect the 10% discount approved by the Copyright Board for the years 1996-2006 only. |
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| 23 |
Hotel and Motel In-Room Services
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Quarterly fees:
a) From 1.05% to 1.25% of the fees paid by guests
to view audio-visual works other than mature audience films;
b) From 0.2625% to 0.3125% of the fees
paid by guests to view mature audience films containing
any work in respect of which a SOCAN licence is required;
and
c) From 5.0% to 5.5% of the revenues of the provider of any musical service.
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| 24 |
Ringtones
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In 2003 to 2005, 6 per cent of the
price paid by the subscriber for the ringtone, net of any network
usage fees, subject to a minimum royalty of 6˘ each time a ringtone
is supplied in 2004 or 2005. In 2003, notwithstanding the previous
paragraph, the royalty payable for any quarter shall not exceed
$7,500 per licensee. |
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Pay
Audio Services
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The royalties payable by distribution
undertakings for the communication to the public by telecommunication
of musical works of SOCAN's repertoire in connection with the
transmission of a pay audio signal other than retransmitted
signals are as follows:Monthly fee: 12.35% of the affiliation
payments payable by a distribution undertaking for the transmission
for private or domestic use of a pay audio signal.Annual Fee:
6.175% of the affiliation payments payable, where the distribution
undertaking is:
a) a small cable transmission system
b) an unscrambled Low Power Television Station or Very Low Power
Television Station
c) a system which performs a function comparable to that of
a cable transmission system, which uses Hertzian waves to transmit
the signals and which otherwise meets the definition of "small
transmission system". |
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