COPYRIGHT BOARDPROPOSED TARIFF
SOCAN Tariff 14 — Performance of an Individual Work (2018-2024) Citation: 2021 CB 3-T See also: SOCAN Tariff 14 (2018-2024), 2021 CB 3
Published
Filed with the Copyright Board by SOCAN on 2023-10-15 pursuant to section 70.1subsection 67(1) of the Copyright Act
Lara Taylor Secretary General 613-952-8621 (telephone) registry-greffe@cb-cda.gc.ca (email)
Proposed Tariff Title: SOCAN Tariff 14 –SOCAN Tariff 14 — Performance of an Individual Work (2025-2027)
For the public performance of musical or dramatico-musical works.
Effective Period: 2025-01-01 – 2027-12-31
SOCAN TARIFF 14 —– PERFORMANCE OF AN INDIVIDUAL WORK (2018-20242025-2027) TariffProposed statement of royalties to be collected by the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) in compensation for the right to performperformance in public, in Canada, of musical or dramatico-musical works forming part of its repertoire.
General Provisions All amounts payable under this tariff are exclusive of any federal, provincial or other governmental taxes or levies of any kind.
As used in this tariff, the term “licence” means a licence to perform in public or to authorize the performance in public of musical or dramatico-musical works.
Except where otherwise specified, fees payable for any licence granted by SOCAN shall be due and payable upon grant of the licence. Any amount not received by the due date shall bear interest from that date until the date the amount is received. Interest shall be calculated daily, at a rate equal to one per cent above the Bank Rate effective on the last day of the previous month (as published by the Bank of Canada). Interest shall not compound.
Each licence shall subsist according to the terms set out therein. SOCAN shall have the right at any time to terminate a licence for breach of terms or conditions upon 30 days’ notice in writing.
Published by the Copyright Board of Canada, pursuant to subsection 17(2) of the Copyright Board Rules of Practice and Procedure, on November 15, 2023.
Tariff Royalties For the performance, in the years 2018-20242025-2027, of an individual work or an excerpt therefrom by a performer or contrivance at any single event when that work is the sole work performed from the repertoire of SOCAN, the feeroyalty payable shall be as follows:
When the performance of the work does not last more than three minutes:
Published by the Copyright Board of Canada, pursuant to subsection 17(2) of the Copyright Board Rules of Practice and Procedure, on November 15, 2023.
Table 1: Royalty rates when the performance of the work does not last more than three minutes
Potential Audience
500 or less 501 to 1 000 1 001 to 5 000 5 001 to 10 000 10 001 to 15 000 15 001 to 20 000 20 001 to 25 000 25 001 to 50 000 50 001 to 100 000 100 001 to 200 000 200 001 to 300 000 300 001 to 400 000 400 001 to 500 000 500 001 to 600 000 600 001 to 800 000 800 001 or more
Potential Audience
500 or less
501 to 1 000
1 001 to 5 000
5 001 to 10 000
Musical Group or Orchestra with or without Vocal Accompaniment
Musical Group or Orchestra with or without Vocal Accompaniment
$5.35
$6.27
$13.37
$18.66
$10.08 $11.81 $25.18 $35.14 $45.22 $55.18 $65.16 $75.43 $85.60 $111.74 $125.58 $150.55 $175.83 $200.90 $225.89 $250.95
Single Instrument with or without Vocal Accompaniment
Single Instrument with or without Vocal Accompaniment
$2.72
$4.11
$6.68
$9.36
$5.12 $7.74 $12.58 $17.63 $22.66 $27.59 $32.64 $32.92 $42.79 $50.15 $62.73 $75.24 $87.91 $100.31 $112.21 $125.58
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10 001 to 15 000
15 001 to 20 000
20 001 to 25 000
25 001 to 50 000
50 001 to 100 000
100 001 to 200 000
200 001 to 300 000
300 001 to 400 000
400 001 to 500 000
500 001 to 600 000
600 001 to 800 000
$24.01
$29.30
$34.60
$40.05
$45.45
$59.33
$66.68
$79.94
$93.36
$106.67
$119.94
$12.03
$14.65
$17.33
$17.48
$22.72
$26.63
$33.31
$39.95
$46.68
$53.26
$59.58
800 001 or more $133.25 $66.68 When the performance of a work lasts more than three minutes, the above rates are increased as follows:
Table 2: Royalty rates when the performance of a work lasts more than three minutes
Increase Over 3 and not more than 7 minutes Over 7 and not more than 15 minutes Over 15 and not more than 30 minutes Over 30 and not more than 60 minutes Over 60 and not more than 90 minutes Over 90 and not more than 120 minutes
(%) 75 125 200 300 400 500
If more than one work from SOCAN’s repertoire is performed during any particular event, the feesroyalties shall be calculated under other applicable tariffs.
Terms and Conditions SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licenseeuser’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the feeroyalty payable by the
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licenseeuser.
All amounts payable under this tariff are exclusive of any federal, provincial or other governmental taxes or levies of any kind.
Any amount not received by the due date shall bear interest from that date until the date the amount is received. Interest shall be calculated daily, at a rate equal to one per cent1% above the Bank Rate effective on the last day of the previous month (as published by the Bank of Canada). Interest shall not compound.
Published by the Copyright Board of Canada, pursuant to subsection 17(2) of the Copyright Board Rules of Practice and Procedure, on November 15, 2023.