Canadian Content Creators - We Need Your Voice!

Have you ever wondered what ever happened to the private copying royalties that used to flow through to the songwriters, artists and musicians you manage? You may even recall seeing it on royalty statements from either SOCAN, CMRRA, or Re:Sound (or one of its member collectives). It was once a significant source of revenues for the Canadian music industry - but over the years, the annual revenues associated with it declined from $38M to $1M. 

So, what is the private copying levy, and what happened to it?

The private copying levy was developed to compensate creators (and the companies that invest in them) for private copies made of their work. The thing is - while the revenues from the private copying levy have declined, copying activity hasn't declined at all. It's just happening on phones and tablets, instead of CDs. The problem is that as currently written, the Copyright Act's private copying provisions only apply to blank CDs. Find out more here.

We need to let the government know that the Copyright Act must be updated to be "tech neutral", to include the copies made on phones and tablets and any future technologies that Canadians use to make copies.

With just a couple of clicks, you can let Minister Guilbeault, Minister Bains, and your local MP know that you support this update.

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