CHANGES
SOCAN & Re:Sound Team Up to Jointly
License Music Venues & Businesses
Re:Sound and SOCAN have created a new jointly-operated company, Entan-
dem, which will enable businesses like retailers, restaurants, nightclubs, and
others that use music to complete their legally-required licenses in one trans-
action. The joint venture, which builds upon a 2017 pilot project that combined
music licensing for both organizations via an online portal, will be launched in
July 2019.
Entandem will collect licenses for live performances and the general use
of recorded music in public venues. Re:Sound and SOCAN will continue to ad-
minister royalties separately for recorded music used, for example, on YouTube, social media, radio, television, movies, and online streaming
services. Background music suppliers will also continue to obtain licenses directly from Re:Sound and SOCAN.
Entandem will operate separately from the parent organizations and under separate management, with premises in both Toronto and Montréal.
For more information, go to www.entandemlicensing.com.
Copyright Act Review
Concludes with Dozens of
Recommendations from
Heritage & Industry
Committees
Dance Music’s Popularity Drops in U.S.
& U.K. but Grows in Canada
The International Music Summit (IMS) released the annual IMS Business
Report, an in-depth economic study of the electronic music industry, and
it revealed that dance music’s share of recorded music consumption fell
significantly in the U.S. and U.K. in 2018 versus 2017, but rebounded in
both Germany and Canada.
In Canada, dance music’s share of total music consumption rose from
4.8 per cent in 2017 to 5.9 per cent in 2018. Internationally, the electronic
music industry’s value dipped 1 per cent in 2018/19 to $7.2 billion.
For the full report, go to www.internationalmusicsummit.com.
12 CANADIAN MUSICIAN
Following months of consultations and fact finding,
the federal government’s statutory review of the
Copyright Act has concluded with the release of two
reports from the Standing Committee on Canadian
Heritage and the Standing Committee on Industry,
Science, and Technology.
The Heritage Committee’s report studied remu-
neration models for artists and creative industries and
detailed 22 recommendations. Both SOCAN and Music
Canada reacted favourably to the report’s recommen-
dations, which included addressing Canada’s broad
“safe harbour” laws, eliminating or narrowing exemp-
tions from the Copyright Act that prevent creators
from being fairly compensated, combating modern
forms of piracy (like stream ripping), and strengthening
the enforcement of Canada’s copyright laws.
Among the 36 recommendations in the Industry
Committee’s report are calls to narrow the radio royal-
ty exemption, review safe harbour provisions, extend
the term of copyright for musical works, and review
the private copying regime, all of which has been
repeatedly called for by Music Canada.
For summaries of the reports and lists of the
recommendations, as well as reactions from music
industry stakeholders, go to
www.canadianmusician.com/news.