Canada is planning to introduce a resale right (ARR) for visual artists that would see them benefit from the proceeds of a resale of their works...
Global digital collection society AMRA has expanded its operations to license on behalf of its songwriters and publishers in Canada. AMRA said it is "working closely...
Universal Music Canada (UMC) has appointed Trinh Tham to the newly created position of Senior Vice President, Revenue & Digital Strategy, in charge of UMC’s digital...
Canada's House of Commons has passed Bill C-11, which is designed to modernise the county's Broadcasting Act. One of the key provisions in the bill is...
Scott Benzie, founder of Digital First Canada, an advocacy group supporting an open internet and digital creators, was accused of having an "extreme conflict of interest"...
Canadian neighbouring rights organisation Re:Sound and its members have urged the Government of Canada "to act quickly to fulfill its 2021 commitment to amend the outdated...
In its Budget 2022, the Canadian government has proposed to introduce amendments to the Copyright Act to extend the general term of copyright protection from 50...
SOCAN expects total annual collections for licensed music in 2021 to exceed CA$416 million, according to provisional figures released by the Canadian rights society. The 2021...
Canada's mechanical rights agency CMRRA has informed its clients — music publishing companies and self-published songwriters — that it will increase in July 2022 its administration...
The Government of Canada — through the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Pablo Rodriguez — introduced on February 2, 2022 the Online Streaming Act (Bill C-11), a...
