Canadian Musician - November/December 2018

CMRRA Reaches Licensing Agreement with Amazon Music The Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA) has reached a licensing agreement with Amazon Music to ensure that its music publisher and rightsholder clients, which together represent more than 80,000 music catalogues, will receive royalties for the use of their works on the service. The deal corresponded with the Canadian launch of Amazon’s premium on-demand music streaming service, Ama- zon Music Unlimited. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed, but the rates apply to the reproduction of songs on Amazon Music Unlimited. For more information, contact the CMRRA: 416-926-1966, www.cmrra.ca. Re:Sound Collected $53.4M in 2017, Setting New Record Re:Sound, the Canadian not-for- profit music licensing company that collects and distributes performance royalties for performing artists and record companies, collected $53.4 million in revenue in 2017, the high- est ever since its incorporation in 1997, according to its 2017 Annual Report. It represents a 16 per cent increase over the previous year and an 86 per cent increase since 2008. In total, Re:Sound’s distribut- able revenues were $45.9 million, and the PRO processed 9.7 million claims by rights holders. It moved from 28-day to 365-day radio log reporting, resulting in a higher volume of data that leads to greater accuracy in its distributions, accord- ing to the organization. Re:Sound also worked closely with industry organisations like CONNECT Music Licensing and Bell Media to im- plement 100 per cent compliance on ISRC (International Standard Recording Code) data. Re:Sound’s five latest tariffs – sporting events, comedy and magic shows, concerts, and theatrical dance – yielded a 17.5 per cent increase in revenue over 2016 by licensing nearly 3,000 new business- es. At the end of 2017, Re:Sound had licensed nearly 76,000 businesses across Canada. To read the full report, go to: 2017.resound.ca. W W W. C A N A D I A N M U S I C I A N . CO M C A N A D I A N M U S I C I A N • 13

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