Leagues have been receiving a number of calls regarding music played at the halls. SOCAN is requesting payment of fees.
“The most immediate way to sense the value of music to your business is to imagine your business without it. And SOCAN customers, tens of thousands across Canada, consider music so integral to their business that it’s part of their brand – as important as décor,” said SOCAN.
SOCAN offers a brief explanation of why you, as an owner or operator, require a performing rights license when you use copyright-protected music in your facility. That’s where SOCAN comes in.
SOCAN stands for Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada. We ensure that music creators and their publishers get paid for the communication to the public and public performance of their music. SOCAN does this by granting performing rights licences to businesses and individuals publicly playing or broadcasting live or recorded music,
SOCAN will grant such a license, allowing you access to virtually the world’s entire repertoire of copyright-protected music, when the applicable licence fees are paid. These fees are based on tariff rates set by the Copyright Board of Canada.
For full details on these and other SOCAN tariffs, or to find out more about SOCAN, visit www.socan.ca or give us a call. For new customers, please call 1-866-944-6210 and for existing customer queries, please call 1-866-944-6223.
EFCL has indicated to SOCAN that we have nothing to do with the independent league decisions on how they choose to handle their relationship with SOCAN. Please contact them for information.
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