Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd. (CMRRA)

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Contact

Caroline Rioux (President)
320 – 56 Wellesley Street West,
Toronto, ON, M5S 2S3

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Description

Founded in 1975, the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd is a music licensing collective representing music rightsholders who range in size from large multinational music publishers to individual songwriters. Together, they own or administer the vast majority of songs recorded, sold and broadcast in Canada. On their behalf, CMRRA issues licenses to individuals or organizations for the reproduction of songs on various media, as described below.

Licensees pay royalties to CMRRA which we, in turn, distribute to our rightsholder clients. The royalty rates are determined  pursuant to negotiated agreements or tariffs certified by the Copyright Board of Canada.

CMRRA offers the following licensing and royalty collection services:

Mechanical licensing, for the reproduction of songs on CDs, cassettes and similar physical products

Online music licensing, for the reproduction of songs related to music downloads, streaming and webcasting

Broadcast mechanical licensing, for the reproduction of songs by radio stations and satellite broadcasters

Private copying, for the collection of the private copying levy via the Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC).

Audiovisual post-synchronization licensing – for the reproduction of songs already embedded in existing audiovisual content (e.g., music videos)

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