Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 146, Number 22: SUPPLEMENT

June 2, 2012

COPYRIGHT BOARD

FILE: Public Performance of Musical Works

Statement of Proposed Royalties to Be Collected by SOCAN for the Public Performance or the Communication to the Public by Telecommunication, in Canada, of Musical or Dramatico-Musical Works

In accordance with section 67.1(5) of the Copyright Act, the Copyright Board hereby publishes the statement of proposed royalties filed by the Society of Composers, Authors and Musical Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) on March 30, 2012, with respect to royalties it proposes to collect, effective January 1, 2013, for the public performance or the communication to the public by telecommunication, in Canada, of musical or dramatico-musical works.

In accordance with the provisions of the same subsection, the Board hereby gives notice that prospective users or their representatives who wish to object to the statement may file written objections with the Board, at the address indicated below, within 60 days of the publication hereof, that is no later than August 1, 2012.

Ottawa, June 2, 2012

GILLES MCDOUGALL
Secretary General
56 Sparks Street, Suite 800
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0C9
613-952-8624 (telephone)
613-952-8630 (fax)
gilles.mcdougall@cb-cda.gc.ca (email)

TARIFF OF ROYALTIES TO BE COLLECTED BY THE SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, AUTHORS AND MUSIC PUBLISHERS OF CANADA (SOCAN)

in compensation for the right to perform in public or to communicate to the public by telecommunication, in Canada, musical or dramatico-musical works forming part of its repertoire.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

All amounts payable under these tariffs are exclusive of any federal, provincial or other governmental taxes or levies of any kind.

As used in these tariffs, the terms “licence,” “licence to perform” and “licence to communicate to the public by telecommunication” mean a licence to perform in public or to communicate to the public by telecommunication or to authorize the performance in public or the communication to the public by telecommunication, as the context may require.

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 of Canada 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.

Tariff No. 1

RADIO

A. Commercial Radio

Short Title

1. This tariff may be cited as the Commercial Radio Tariff (SOCAN: 2013; Re:Sound (…); CSI (…); AVLA/SOPROQ (…); ArtistI (…)).

Definitions

2. In this tariff,

“Act” means the Copyright Act; (« Loi »)

“gross income” means the gross amounts paid by any person for the use of one or more broadcasting services or facilities provided by a station’s operator, excluding the following:

(a) income accruing from investments, rents or any other business unrelated to the station’s broadcasting activities. However, income accruing from any allied or subsidiary business that is a necessary adjunct to the station’s broadcasting services and facilities or which results in their being used, including the gross amounts received by a station pursuant to turn-key contracts with advertisers, shall be included in the “gross income”;
(b) amounts received for the production of a program that is commissioned by someone other than the station and which becomes the property of that person;
(c) the recovery of any amount paid to obtain the exclusive national or provincial broadcast rights to a sporting event, if the station can establish that the station was also paid normal fees for station time and facilities; and
(d) amounts received by an originating station acting on behalf of a group of stations, which do not constitute a permanent network and which broadcast a single event, simultaneously or on a delayed basis, that the originating station subsequently pays out to the other stations participating in the broadcast. These amounts paid to each participating station are part of that station’s “gross income”;

In the case of CSI, this definition is understood to include any income from simulcast; (« revenus bruts »)

“low-use station (sound recordings)” means a station that

(a) broadcasts published sound recordings of musical works for less than 20 per cent of its total broadcast time (excluding production music) during the reference month; and
(b) keeps and makes available to Re:Sound, AVLA/SOPROQ and ArtistI complete recordings of its last 90 broadcast days; (« station utilisant peu d’enregistrements sonores »)

“low-use station (works)” means a station that

(a) broadcasts works in the repertoire of SOCAN for less than 20 per cent of its total broadcast time (excluding production music) during the reference month; and
(b) keeps and makes available to SOCAN and CSI complete recordings of its last 90 broadcast days; (« station utilisant peu d’œuvres »)

“performer’s performance” means a performer’s performance that has been fixed with the authorization of the performer; (« prestation »)

“production music” means music used in interstitial programming such as commercials, public service announcements and jingles; (« musique de production »)

“reference month” means the second month before the month for which royalties are being paid; (« mois de référence »)

“simulcast” means the simultaneous, unaltered, real-time streaming of the over-the-air broadcast signal of the station, or of another station that is part of the same network as the station, via the Internet or other similar computer network; (« diffusion simultanée »)

“year” means a calendar year. (« année »)

Application

3. (1) This tariff sets the royalties to be paid each month by commercial radio stations

(a) in connection with the over-the-air broadcasting operations of a station
1. (i) to communicate to the public by telecommunication in Canada, for private or domestic use, musical or dramatico-musical works in the repertoire of SOCAN and published sound recordings embodying musical works and performers’ performances of such works in the repertoire of Re:Sound, and
2. ii) to reproduce in Canada musical works in the repertoire of CMRRA or SODRAC, sound recordings in the repertoire of AVLA or SOPROQ and performers’ performances in the repertoire of ArtistI; and
(b) in connection with a simulcast to reproduce in Canada musical works in the repertoire of CMRRA or SODRAC.

(2) This tariff also entitles a station to authorize a person to communicate to the public by telecommunication a musical work, sound recording or performer’s performance and to reproduce a musical work or performer’s performance for the purpose of delivering it to the station, so that the station can use it as permitted in subsection (1).

(3) This tariff does not authorize

(a) the use of any reproduction made pursuant to subsection (1) in association with a product, service, cause or institution; or
(b) any use covered by other tariffs, including SOCAN Tariffs 16, 22 or 25 or the SOCAN-NRCC Pay Audio Services Tariff.

4. This tariff is subject to the special royalty rates set out in subparagraph 68.1(1)(a)(i) of the Act.

Royalties

5. (1) A low-use station (works) shall pay,

(a) to SOCAN, 1.5 per cent of its gross income for the reference month; and
(b) to CSI, (…).

(2) A low-use station (sound recordings) shall pay,

(a) to Re:Sound, (…);
(b) to AVLA/SOPROQ, (…); and
(c) to ArtistI, (…).

6. Except as provided in section 5, a station shall pay, on its gross income for the reference month,

(a) to SOCAN, 3.2 per cent on its first $1.25 million gross income in a year and 4.4 per cent on the rest;
(b) to Re:Sound, (…);
(c) to CSI, (…);
(d) to AVLA/SOPROQ, (…); and
(e) to ArtistI, (…).

7. All royalties are exclusive of any federal, provincial or other governmental taxes or levies of any kind.

Administrative Provisions

8. No later than the first day of each month, a station shall

(a) pay the royalties for that month;
(b) report the station’s gross income for the reference month;
(c) provide to CSI, for the reference month, the gross income from any simulcast, as well as the number of listeners and listening hours or, if not available, any other available indication of the extent of the listeners’ use of simulcast; and
(d) provide the sequential lists of all musical works and published sound recordings broadcast during the reference month. Each entry shall mention the information set out in subsection 10(1).

9. At any time during the period set out in subsection 11(2), a collective society may require the production of any contract granting rights referred to in paragraph (c) of the definition of “gross income”, together with the billing or correspondence relating to the use of these rights by other parties.

Information on Repertoire Use

10. (1) Subject to subsection (4), upon receipt of a written request from any collective society, a station shall provide to all societies, with respect to all musical works and published sound recordings it broadcast during the days listed in the request:

(a) the date and time of the broadcast, the title of the work, the title of the album, the record label, the name of its author and composer, the name of the performers or performing group, the duration, in minutes and seconds; and
(b) the Universal Product Code (UPC) of the album and the International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) of the sound recording from which the musical work is taken.

(2) The information set out in subsection (1) shall be provided in electronic format, where possible, or in writing, no later than 14 days after the end of the month to which it relates.

(3) A station is not required to provide the information set out in subsection (1) with respect to more than 28 days in a year.

(4) A station that complies with paragraph 8(d) in any given month is not required to provide the information set out in subsection (1) with respect to any day of that month if the list provided contains all the information set out in paragraph (1)(a).

Records and Audits

11. (1) A station shall keep and preserve, for a period of six months after the end of the month to which they relate, records from which the information set out in paragraph 8(d) and subsection 10(1) can be readily ascertained.

(2) A station shall keep and preserve, for a period of six years after the end of the year to which they relate, records from which the station’s gross income can be readily ascertained.

(3) A collective society may audit these records at any time during the period set out in subsection (1) or (2), on reasonable notice and during normal business hours.

(4) The collective society shall, upon receipt, supply a copy of the report of the audit to the station that was the object of the audit and to the other societies.

(5) If an audit discloses that royalties due have been understated in any month by more than 10 per cent, the station shall pay the reasonable costs of the audit within 30 days of the demand for such payment.

Confidentiality

12. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a collective society shall treat in confidence information received pursuant to this tariff, unless the station consents in writing to the information being treated otherwise.

(2) Information referred to in subsection (1) may be shared

(a) amongst the collective societies;
(b) with the Copyright Board;
(c) in connection with proceedings before the Board, if the station had the opportunity to request a confidentiality order;
(d) to the extent required to effect the distribution of royalties, with royalty claimants; or
(e) if ordered by law.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to information that is publicly available, or to information obtained from someone other than the station and who is not under an apparent duty of confidentiality to the station.

Adjustments

13. Adjustments in the amount of royalties owed (including excess payments), as a result of the discovery of an error or otherwise, shall be made on the date the next royalty payment is due.

Interest on Late Payments

14. 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.

Addresses for Notices, etc.

15. (1) Anything addressed to SOCAN shall be sent to 41 Valleybrook Drive, Toronto, Ontario M3B 2S6, email: customers@socan.ca, fax number: 416-445-7108, or to any other address, email address or fax number of which a station has been notified in writing.

(2) Anything addressed to Re:Sound shall be sent to 900–1235 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario M5R 3K4, email: radio@resound.ca, fax number: 416-962-7797, or to any other address, email address or fax number of which a station has been notified in writing.

(3) Anything addressed to CSI shall be sent to Tower B, Suite 1010, 1470 Peel Street, Montréal, Quebec H3A 1T1, email: csi@cmrrasodrac.ca, fax number: 514-845-3401, or to any other address, email address or fax number of which a station has been notified in writing.

(4) Anything addressed to AVLA shall be sent to 85 Mowat Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M6K 3E3, email: radioreproduction@avla.ca, fax number: 416-967-9415, or to any other address, email address or fax number of which a station has been notified in writing.

(5) Anything addressed to SOPROQ shall be sent to 6420 Saint-Denis Street, Montréal, Quebec H2S 2R7, email: radioreproduction@soproq.org, fax number: 514-842-7762, or to any other address, email address or fax number of which a station has been notified in writing.

(6) Anything addressed to ArtistI shall be sent to 1441 René-Lévesque Boulevard W, Suite 400, Montréal, Quebec H3G 1T7, email: radiorepro@uda.ca, fax number: 514-288-7875, or to any other address, email address or fax number of which a station has been notified in writing.

(7) Anything addressed to a station shall be sent to the last address, email address or fax number of which a collective society has been notified in writing.

Delivery of Notices and Payments

16. (1) Royalties payable to AVLA/SOPROQ are paid to AVLA. All other information to which AVLA/SOPROQ is entitled pursuant to this tariff is delivered to AVLA and SOPROQ separately.

(2) A notice may be delivered by hand, by postage-paid mail, by email or by fax. A payment must be delivered by hand or by postage-paid mail.

(3) Information set out in paragraphs 8(b) to (d) shall be sent by email.

(4) Anything mailed in Canada shall be presumed to have been received four business days after the day it was mailed.

(5) Anything sent by fax or by email shall be presumed to have been received the day it was transmitted.

B. Non-Commercial Radio Other than the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

For a licence to perform, at any time and as often as desired in 2013, for private and domestic use, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire by a non-commercial AM or FM radio station other than a station of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the fee payable is 1.9 per cent of the station’s gross operating costs in the year covered by the licence.

No later than January 31 of the year covered by the licence, the licensee shall pay the estimated fee owing for that year. The payment shall be accompanied by a report of the station’s actual gross operating costs for the previous year. The fee is subject to adjustment when the actual gross operating costs for the year covered by the licence have been determined and reported to SOCAN.

If broadcasting takes place for less than the entire year, an application must be made for a licence by the end of the first month of broadcasting on the form to be supplied by SOCAN and, together with the application form, the station shall forward its remittance for the estimated fee payable.

For the purpose of this tariff item, “non-commercial AM or FM radio station” shall include any station which is non-profit or not-for-profit, whether or not any part of its operating expenses is funded by advertising revenues.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

Tariff 1.B does not apply to the use of music covered by Tariff 22 or the Pay Audio Services Tariff.

C. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Short Title

1. This tariff may be cited as the SOCAN-Re:Sound CBC Radio Tariff, 2013.

Application

2. This tariff sets the royalties to be paid by the CBC for the communication to the public by telecommunication, in Canada, for private or domestic use, of musical works in the repertoire of SOCAN and of published sound recordings embodying musical works and performers’ performances of such works in the repertoire of Re:Sound, by over-the-air radio broadcasting and by simulcasting of an over-the-air radio signal.

Royalties

3. (1) CBC shall pay, per month, on the first day of each month, $144,406.60 to SOCAN and (…) to Re:Sound.

(2) The royalties set in paragraph (1) are exclusive of any applicable federal, provincial or other government taxes or levies of any kind.

Interest on Late Payments

4. 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.

Music Use Information

5. (1) Each month, CBC shall provide to both SOCAN and Re:Sound the following information in respect of each musical work, or part thereof, and each sound recording embodying a musical work, or part thereof, broadcast by each of CBC’s conventional radio stations, as may be applicable:

(a) the date, time, duration of the broadcast of the musical work and sound recording, and the type of broadcast (e.g. local, regional);
(b) the title of the work and the name of its author, composer and arranger;
(c) the type of usage (feature, theme, background, etc.);
(d) the title and catalogue number of the album, the name of the main performer or performing group and the record label, and whether the track performed is a published sound recording;
(e) the name of the program, station (including call letters) and location of the station on which the musical work or sound recording was broadcast; and
(f) where possible, the International Standard Musical Work Code (ISWC) of the work, the Universal Product Code (UPC) of the album, the International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) of the sound recording, the names of all of the other performers (if applicable), the duration of the musical work and sound recording as listed on the album and the track number on the album.

(2) The information set out in subsection (1) shall be provided electronically, in Excel format or in any other format agreed upon by SOCAN, Re:Sound and CBC, with a separate field for each piece of information required in paragraphs (a) to (f), no later than 15 days after the end of the month to which it relates.

Tariff No. 2

TELEVISION

A. Commercial Television Stations

Definitions

1. In this tariff,

“ambient music” means music unavoidably picked up in the background when an event is videotaped or broadcasted. (« musique ambiante »)

“cleared music” means any music, other than ambient music or production music, in respect of which a station does not require a licence from SOCAN. (« musique affranchie »)

“cleared program” means

(a) if the only cleared music contained in the program is music that was cleared before 60 days after the publication of this tariff, a program containing no music other than cleared music, ambient music or production music; and
(b) if not, a program produced by a Canadian programming undertaking and containing no music other than cleared music, ambient music or production music. (« émission affranchie »)

“gross income” means the gross amount paid by any person for the use of one or more broadcasting services or facilities provided by the station’s operator, whether such amounts are paid to the station owner or operator or to other persons, excluding the following:

(a) any such amounts received by a person other than the operator or owner of the station which form part of the base for calculation of the SOCAN royalty payable by such other person under this or another tariff;
(b) income accruing from investments, rents or any other business unrelated to the station’s broadcasting activities. However, income accruing from any allied or subsidiary business that is a necessary adjunct to the station’s broadcasting services and facilities or which results in their being used shall be included in the “gross income”;
(c) amounts received for the production of a program that is commissioned by someone other than the licensee and which becomes the property of that person;
(d) the recovery of any amount paid to obtain the exclusive national or provincial broadcast rights to a sporting event, if the licensee can establish that the station was also paid normal fees for station time and facilities. SOCAN may require the production of the contract granting these rights together with the billing or correspondence relating to the use of these rights by other parties; and
(e) amounts received by an originating station acting on behalf of a group of stations which do not constitute a permanent network and which broadcast a single event, simultaneously or on a delayed basis, that the originating station pays out to the other stations participating in the broadcast. These amounts paid to each participating station are part of that station’s “gross income.”

For greater certainty, “gross income” includes any revenues or other value received in exchange for the distribution of the station’s broadcast signal, in the context of Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2010-167. (« revenus bruts »)

“production music” means music contained in interstitial programming such as commercials, public service announcements and jingles. (« musique de production »)

“programming undertaking” means a programming undertaking as defined in the Broadcasting Act, S.C. 1991, c. 11. (« entreprise de programmation »)

Application

2. (1) This tariff applies to licences for the communication to the public by telecommunication by a broadcast television station, at any time and as often as desired, in 2013, for private or domestic use, of any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire.

(2) This tariff does not apply to stations owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation or licensed under a different tariff.

(3) Tariff 2.A does not apply to the use of music covered under Tariff 17 or Tariff 22.

Election of Licence

3. (1) A station can elect for the standard or modified blanket licence.

(2) A station’s election must be in writing and must be received by SOCAN at least 30 days before the first day of the month for which the election is to take effect.

(3) A station’s election remains valid until it makes a further election.

(4) A station can make no more than two elections in a calendar year.

(5) A station that has never made an election is deemed to have elected for the standard blanket licence.

Standard Blanket Licence

4. (1) A station that has elected for the standard blanket licence shall pay 2.1 per cent of the station’s gross income for the second month before the month for which the licence is issued.

(2) No later than the day before the first day of the month for which the licence is issued, the station shall pay the fee, and report the station’s gross income for the second month before the month for which the licence is issued.

Modified Blanket Licence (MBL)

5. (1) A station that has elected for the modified blanket licence shall pay the amount calculated in accordance with Form A (found at the end of this Supplement).

(2) No later than the last day of the month after the month for which the licence is issued, the station shall

(i) provide to SOCAN, using Form A, a report of the calculation of its licence fee,
(ii) provide to SOCAN, using Form B (found at the end of this Supplement), reports identifying, in respect of each cleared program, the music used in that program,
(iii) provide to SOCAN any document supporting its claim that the music identified in Form B is cleared music, or a reference to that document, if the document was provided previously, and
(iv) pay the amount payable pursuant to subsection (1).

Audit Rights

6. SOCAN shall have the right to audit any licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements and reports rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

MBL: Incorrect Cleared Program Claims

7. Amounts paid pursuant to lines C and D of Form A on account of a program that a station incorrectly claimed as a cleared program are not refundable.

B. Ontario Educational Communications Authority

[NOTE: SOCAN’s proposed Tariff 2.B for the years 2011 to 2013 was published in the Supplement to the Canada Gazette, Part Ⅰ, dated July 31, 2010.]

C. Société de télédiffusion du Québec

For a licence to perform, at any time and as often as desired during the year 2013, for private or domestic use, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire by (a) a station operated by the Société de télédiffusion du Québec (STQ) ; and (b) the websites and other technological platforms (e.g. Internet, iPod touch, mobile phones, iPad) operated by STQ, i.e. uses that would otherwise be the subject of SOCAN Tariff 22.E, the annual fee is $216,000 payable in equal quarterly instalments on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 15 of the year covered by the licence.

Tariff 2.C does not apply to the use of music covered under Tariff 17.

D. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

For a licence to perform, at any time and as often as desired in 2013, for private or domestic use, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire for all broadcasts of programs by the television network and stations owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the annual fee shall be $6,922,586, payable in equal monthly instalments on the first day of each month, commencing January 1 of the year for which the licence is issued.

Tariff 2.D does not apply to the use of music covered under Tariff 17 or Tariff 22.

Tariff No. 3

CABARETS, CAFES, CLUBS, COCKTAIL BARS, DINING ROOMS, LOUNGES, RESTAURANTS, ROADHOUSES, TAVERNS AND SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS

A. Live Music

For a licence to perform, by means of performers in person, at any time and as often as desired in the year 2013, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire, in cabarets, cafes, clubs, cocktail bars, dining rooms, lounges, restaurants, roadhouses, taverns and similar establishments, the fee payable by the establishment is 3 per cent of the compensation for entertainment paid in the year covered by the licence, subject to a minimum annual fee of $83.65.

“Compensation for entertainment” means the total amounts paid by the licensee to, plus any other compensation received by, musicians, singers and all other performers, for entertainment of which live music forms part. It does not include expenditures for stage props, lighting equipment, set design and costumes, or expenditures for renovation, expansion of facilities or furniture and equipment.

No later than January 31 of the year covered by the licence, the licensee shall pay to SOCAN the estimated fee owing for that year, as follows. If any music was performed as part of entertainment in the previous year, the payment is based on the compensation paid for entertainment during that year, and accompanied by a report of the actual compensation paid for entertainment during that year. If no music was performed as part of entertainment in that year, the licensee shall file a report estimating the expected compensation for entertainment during the year covered by the licence and pay according to that report.

No later than January 31 of the following year, the licensee shall file with SOCAN a report of the actual compensation paid for entertainment during the previous year and an adjustment of the licence fee shall be made accordingly. Any monies owed shall then be paid to SOCAN; if the fee due is less than the amount paid, SOCAN shall credit the licensee with the amount of the overpayment.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

The licensee may request that the examination be made by an independent auditor chosen by the licensee from a list of at least three auditors furnished by SOCAN. In such a case, only the auditor so appointed need be allowed access to the licensee’s records. If the audit discloses that the licence fee owed to SOCAN has been understated by more than 10 per cent, the licensee shall pay the auditor’s fees.

B. Recorded Music Accompanying Live Entertainment

For a licence to perform, by means of recorded music, at any time and as often as desired in the year 2013, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire, as an integral part of live entertainment in cabarets, cafes, clubs, cocktail bars, dining rooms, lounges, restaurants, roadhouses, taverns and similar establishments, the fee payable by the establishment shall be 2 per cent of the compensation for entertainment paid in the year covered by the licence, subject to a minimum annual fee of $62.74.

“Compensation for entertainment” means the total amounts paid by the licensee to, plus any other compensation received by, all performers, for entertainment of which recorded music forms an integral part. It does not include expenditures for stage props, lighting equipment, set design and costumes, or expenditures for renovation, expansion of facilities or furniture and equipment.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

Tariff 3.B does not apply to the use of music covered under Tariff 3.C.

C. Adult Entertainment Clubs

For a licence to perform, by means of recorded music, at any time and as often as desired in the year 2013, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire, in an adult entertainment club, the fee payable by the establishment is 4.4¢ per day, multiplied by the capacity (seating and standing) authorized under the establishment’s liquor licence or any other document issued by a competent authority for this type of establishment.

“Day” means any period between 6:00 a.m. on one day and 6:00 a.m. the following day during which the establishment operates as an adult entertainment club.

No later than January 31 of the year covered by the licence, the licensee shall file a report estimating the amount of royalties and send to SOCAN the report and the estimated fee.

No later than January 31 of the following year, the licensee shall file with SOCAN a report indicating the authorized capacity (seating and standing) of the establishment, as well as the number of days it operated as an adult entertainment club during the previous year, and an adjustment of the licence fee shall be made accordingly. Any additional monies owed shall then be paid to SOCAN; if the fee due is less than the amount paid, SOCAN shall credit the licensee with the amount of the overpayment.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

Tariff No. 4

LIVE PERFORMANCES AT CONCERT HALLS, THEATRES AND OTHER PLACES OF ENTERTAINMENT

A. Popular Music Concerts

1. Per Event Licence

For a licence to perform, by means of performers in person at a concert in 2013, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire, at concert halls, theatres and other places where entertainment is presented, including open-air events; or to communicate to the public by telecommunication, in 2013, a concert or an audio-visual recording of a concert to another venue customarily used for the presentation of concerts (irrespective of the year during which the concert took place), the fee payable per concert is as follows:

(a) 3 per cent of gross receipts from ticket sales of paid concerts, exclusive of any applicable taxes, with a minimum fee per concert of $35; or
(b) 3 per cent of fees paid to singers, musicians, dancers, conductors and other performers during a free concert, with a minimum fee per concert of $35.

For greater certainty, Tariff 4.A.1 applies to the performance of musical works by lip synching, miming and to the performance in public, in 2013, of an audio-visual recording of a concert.

Where no admission is charged to attend the performance in public of an audio-visual recording of a concert, or the communication to the public by telecommunication of a concert or audio-visual recording of a concert, the minimum fee per concert of $35 shall apply.

“Free concert” includes, with respect to festivals, celebrations and other similar events, a concert for which no separate admission charge is made.

Administrative Provisions

No later than 15 days after the concert, the licensee shall

(a) pay the royalties due for the concert;
(b) report the gross receipts from the ticket sales or the total fees paid to the performers, including all singers, musicians, dancers, conductors, and other performers, as may be applicable;
(c) provide the legal names, addresses and telephone numbers of the concert promoters, if any, and the owners of the venue where the concert took place (if other than the licensee);
(d) provide the name of the act(s) at the concert; and
(e) provide the title of each musical work performed.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

Tariff 4.A.1 does not apply to performances covered under Tariff 3.A.

2. Annual Licence

For an annual licence to perform, by means of performers in person at a concert in 2013, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire, at concert halls, theatres and other places where entertainment is presented, including open-air events; or to communicate to the public by telecommunication, in 2013, a concert or an audio-visual recording of a concert to another venue customarily used for the presentation of concerts (irrespective of the year during which the concert took place), the fee payable per concert is as follows:

(a) 3 per cent of gross receipts from ticket sales of paid concerts, exclusive of any applicable taxes, with a minimum annual fee of $60; or
(b) 3 per cent of fees paid to singers, musicians, dancers, conductors and other performers during a free concert, with a minimum annual fee of $60.

For greater certainty, Tariff 4.A.2 applies to the performance of musical works by lip synching, miming and to the performance in public, in 2013, of an audio-visual recording of a concert.

“Free concert” includes, with respect to festivals, celebrations and other similar events, a concert for which no separate admission charge is made.

No later than 15 days after each concert, the licensee shall (a) provide the legal names, addresses and telephone numbers of the concert promoters, if any, and the owners of the venue where the concert took place (if other than the licensee); (b) provide the name of the act(s) at the concert; and (c) provide the title of each musical work performed.

The licensee shall estimate the fee payable for the year for which the licence is issued, based on the total receipts/fees paid for the previous year, and shall pay such estimated fee to SOCAN on or before January 31 of the year for which the licence is issued. Payment of the fee shall be accompanied by a report of the gross receipts/fees paid for the previous year.

If the gross receipts/fees paid reported for the previous year were not based on the entire year, payment of this fee shall be accompanied by a report estimating the gross receipts/fees paid for the entire year for which the licence is issued.

On or before January 31 of the following year, a report shall be made of the actual gross receipts/fees paid during the calendar year for which the licence is issued, an adjustment of the licence fee payable to SOCAN shall be made, and any additional fees due on the basis of the actual gross receipts/fees paid. If the fee due is less than the amount paid, SOCAN shall credit the licensee with the amount of the overpayment.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

Tariff 4.A.2 does not apply to performances covered under Tariff 3.A.

B. Classical Music Concerts

1. Per Concert Licence

For a licence to perform, by means of performers in person at a concert in 2013, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire, at concerts or recitals of classical music; or to communicate to the public by telecommunication, in 2013, a concert or recital of classical music, or an audio-visual recording of a concert or recital of classical music to another venue customarily used for the presentation of concerts (irrespective of the year during which the concert took place), the fee payable per concert is as follows:

(a) 1.56 per cent of gross receipts from ticket sales of paid concerts, exclusive of any applicable taxes, with a minimum fee per concert of $35; or
(b) 1.56 per cent of fees paid to singers, musicians, dancers, conductors and other performers during a free concert, with a minimum fee per concert of $35.

For greater certainty, Tariff 4.B.1 applies to the performance of musical works by lip synching, miming and to the performance in public, in 2013, of an audio-visual recording of a concert.

“Free concert” includes, with respect to festivals, celebrations and other similar events, a concert for which no separate admission charge is made.

Administrative Provisions

No later than 15 days after the concert, the licensee shall

(a) pay the royalties due for the concert;
(b) report the gross receipts from the ticket sales or the total fees paid to the performers, including all singers, musicians, dancers, conductors, and other performers, as may be applicable;
(c) provide the legal names, addresses and telephone numbers of the concert promoters, if any, and the owners of the venue where the concert took place (if other than the licensee);
(d) provide the name of the act(s) at the concert; and
(e) the title of each musical work performed.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

2. Annual Licence for Orchestras

For an annual licence to perform, at any time and as often as desired in 2013, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire, as live performances by orchestras (including singers), at concerts or recitals of classical music, an annual fee calculated in accordance with the following is payable in semi-annual instalments by no later than January 31 and July 31:
Annual Orchestra Budget	Annual Fee × total number of concerts 2013
$0 to $100,000	$72
$100,001 to $500,000	$117
$500,001 to $1,000,000	$190
$1,000,001 to $2,000,000	$239
$2,000,001 to $5,000,000	$397
$5,000,001 to $10,000,000	$436
Over $10,000,000	$475

“Orchestras” include a musical group which offers to the public one or more series of concerts or recitals that have been predetermined in an annual budget.

Included in the “total number of concerts” are the ones where no work of SOCAN’s repertoire is performed.

Where fees are paid under this tariff, no fees shall be payable under Tariff 4.B.1.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

3. Annual Licence for Presenting Organizations

For an annual licence to perform, by means of performers in person at a concert in 2013, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire during a series of concerts or recitals of classical music forming part of an artistic season of a presenting organization, or to communicate to the public by telecommunication, in 2013, such concerts or recitals of classical music, or an audio-visual recording thereof, to another venue customarily used for the presentation of concerts (irrespective of the year during which the concert took place), the fee payable per concert is as follows:

0.96 per cent of gross receipts from ticket sales, subscription and membership revenues, for all concerts (including concerts where no work of SOCAN’s repertoire is performed), exclusive of any applicable taxes, with a minimum annual fee of $35.

Where a series of concerts and recitals forming part of a presenting organization’s artistic season is free of charge, the fee payable is as follows:

0.96 per cent of fees paid to singers, musicians, dancers, conductors, and other performers, for all concerts (including concerts where no work of SOCAN’s repertoire is performed) in the series, with a minimum annual fee of $35.

For greater certainty, Tariff 4.B.3 applies to the performance of musical works by lip synching, miming and to the performance in public, in 2013, of an audio-visual recording of a concert or recital.

Where no admission is charged to attend the performance in public of an audio-visual recording of a series of concerts or recitals, or the communication to the public by telecommunication of a series of concerts or recitals or audio-visual recording thereof, no additional fee is payable beyond the minimum annual fee of $35.

No later than January 31 of the year for which the licence is issued, the licensee shall file with SOCAN a report estimating the gross receipts from ticket sales, subscription and membership revenues for that year. For a series of free concerts and recitals, the licensee shall file a report estimating the fees paid to singers, musicians, dancers, conductors, and other performing artists for all concerts in the series. If the estimated payment is $100 or less, payment shall accompany the report. Otherwise, payments based on the report’s estimate shall be made quarterly within 30 days of the end of each quarter.

No later than January 31 of the following year, the licensee shall file with SOCAN a report of the actual gross receipts from ticket sales, subscription and membership revenues or, for a series of free concerts and recitals, the fees paid to singers, musicians, dancers, conductors and other performing artists, during the year for which the licence is issued and an adjustment of the licence fee shall be paid to SOCAN. Any amount due shall accompany the report; if the fee due is less than the amount paid, SOCAN shall credit the licensee with the amount of the overpayment.

Where fees are paid under this tariff, no fees shall be payable under Tariff 4.B.1.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

Tariff No. 5

EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS

A. For a licence to perform, at any time and as often as desired, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire at an exhibition or fair held in 2013, the fee is calculated as follows:

(a) Where the total attendance (excluding exhibitors and staff) for the duration of the exhibition or fair does not exceed 75 000 persons:
Total Attendance	Fee Payable per Day
Up to 25 000 persons	$12.81
25 001 to 50 000 persons	$25.78
50 001 to 75 000 persons	$64.31

(b) Where the total attendance (excluding exhibitors and staff) for the duration of the exhibition or fair exceeds 75 000 persons:
Total Attendance	Fee Payable per Person
For the first 100 000 persons	1.07¢
For the next 100 000 persons	0.47¢
For the next 300 000 persons	0.35¢
All additional persons	0.26¢

In the case of an exhibition or fair that is scheduled yearly, the fee shall be paid on the actual attendance figures in the preceding year, on or before January 31 of the year covered by the licence. The licensee shall submit with the licence fee the figures for actual attendance for the previous year and the duration, in days, of the exhibition or fair.

In all other cases, the licensee shall, within 30 days of an exhibition’s or fair’s closing, report its attendance and duration and submit the fee based on those figures.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

A licence issued under Tariff 5.A does not authorize performances of music at concerts for which an additional admission charge is made; for such concerts, Tariff 5.B applies.

B. Where an additional admission charge is made for attendance at musical concerts, an additional licence shall be required. The fee payable for such licence in 2013 is calculated at the rate of 3 per cent of gross receipts from ticket sales to the concert, exclusive of any applicable taxes. Where the concert ticket allows the purchaser access to the exhibition grounds at any time after the opening on the day of the concert, the adult general grounds admission price shall also be deducted from the ticket price to produce the net ticket price.

The fees due under section B shall be calculated on a per concert basis and shall be payable immediately after the close of the exhibition.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

Tariff No. 6

MOTION PICTURE THEATRES

[NOTE: SOCAN’s proposed Tariff 6 for the years 2011 to 2013 was published in the Supplement to the Canada Gazette, Part Ⅰ, dated July 31, 2010.]

Tariff No. 7

SKATING RINKS

(a) where an admission fee is charged: 1.2 per cent of the gross receipts from admissions exclusive of sales and amusement taxes, subject to a minimum annual fee of $104.31; and
(b) where no admission fee is charged: an annual fee of $104.31.

The licensee shall estimate the fee payable for the year covered by the licence based on the total gross receipts from admissions, exclusive of sales and amusement taxes, for the previous year and shall pay such estimated fee to SOCAN on or before January 31 of the year covered by the licence. Payment of the fee shall be accompanied by a report of the gross receipts for the previous year.

If the gross receipts reported for the previous year were not based on the entire year, payment of this fee shall be accompanied by a report estimating the gross receipts from admissions for the entire year covered by the licence.

On or before January 31 of the following year, a report shall be made of the actual gross receipts from admissions during the year covered by the licence, an adjustment of the licence fee payable to SOCAN shall be made, and any additional fees due on the basis of the actual gross receipts from admission charges shall be paid to SOCAN. If the fee due is less than the amount paid, SOCAN shall credit the licensee with the amount of the overpayment.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

Tariff No. 8

RECEPTIONS, CONVENTIONS, ASSEMBLIES AND FASHION SHOWS

For a licence to perform, at any time and as often as desired in the year 2013, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire as part of events at receptions, conventions, assemblies and fashion shows, the fee payable for each event, or for each day on which a fashion show is held, is as follows:
Room Capacity (seating and standing)	Fee per Event
Room Capacity (seating and standing)	Without Dancing	With Dancing
1 - 100	$20.56	$41.13
101 - 300	$29.56	$59.17
301 - 500	$61.69	$123.38
Over 500	$87.40	$174.79

No later than 30 days after the end of each quarter, the licensee shall file with SOCAN a report for that quarter of the actual number of events with and without dancing and of the number of days on which a fashion show was held. The report shall also include the room capacity (seating and standing) authorized under the establishment’s liquor licence or any other document issued by a competent authority for this type of establishment, and payment of the licence fees.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

Tariff No. 9

SPORTS EVENTS

For a licence to perform, at any time and as often as desired in 2013, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire, by means of performers in person or by means of recorded music, in connection with baseball, football, hockey, basketball, skating competitions, races, track meets and other sports events, the fee payable per event shall be 0.105 per cent of gross receipts from ticket sales, exclusive of sales and amusement taxes.

The fee payable for an event to which the admission is free is $5.

A complimentary ticket is valued at half the lowest price paid for a sold ticket from the same ticket category in the same event.

No later than 30 days after the end of each quarter, the licensee shall file with SOCAN a report for that quarter of the actual number of events, together with payment of the licence fees.

A licence to which Tariff No. 9 applies does not authorize performances of music at opening and closing events for which an additional admission charge is made; for such events, Tariff No. 4 shall apply.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

Tariff No. 10

PARKS, PARADES, STREETS AND OTHER PUBLIC AREAS

A. Strolling Musicians and Buskers; Recorded Music

For a licence to perform, at any time and as often as desired in the year 2013, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire, by strolling musicians or buskers, or by means of recorded music, in parks, streets or other public areas, the fee is as follows:

$32.55 for each day on which music is performed, up to a maximum fee of $222.93 in any three-month period.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

For concert performances in parks, streets or other public areas, Tariff 4 shall apply.

B. Marching Bands; Floats with Music

For a licence to perform, at any time and as often as desired in the year 2013, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire, by marching bands or floats with music participating in parades, the fee is as follows:

$8.78 for each marching band or float with music participating in the parade, subject to a minimum fee of $32.55 per day.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

Tariff No. 11

CIRCUSES, ICE SHOWS, FIREWORKS DISPLAYS, SOUND AND LIGHT SHOWS AND SIMILAR EVENTS; COMEDY SHOWS AND MAGIC SHOWS

A. Circuses, Ice Shows, Fireworks Displays, Sound and Light Shows and Similar Events

For a licence to perform, at any time and as often as desired in the year 2013, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire, by means of performers in person or by means of recorded music at circuses, ice shows, fireworks displays, sound and light shows and similar events, the fee payable per event is as follows:

1.6 per cent of gross receipts from ticket sales, exclusive of sales and amusement taxes, subject to a minimum fee of $61.85.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

B. Comedy Shows and Magic Shows

For a licence to perform, at any time and as often as desired in the year 2013, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire, by means of performers in person or by means of recorded music in conjunction with events where the primary focus is on comedians or magicians and the use of music is incidental, the fee payable per event is $36.60. However, where the comedy act or magic show is primarily a musical act, Tariff 4.A applies.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee

Tariff No. 12

THEME PARKS, ONTARIO PLACE CORPORATION AND SIMILAR OPERATIONS; PARAMOUNT CANADA’S WONDERLAND AND SIMILAR OPERATIONS

A. Theme Parks, Ontario Place Corporation and Similar Operations

For a licence to perform, at any time and as often as desired in 2013, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire, at theme parks, Ontario Place Corporation and similar operations, the fee payable is

(a) $2.41 per 1 000 persons in attendance on days on which music is performed, rounding the number of persons to the nearest 1 000;
PLUS

(b) 1.5 per cent of “live music entertainment costs.”

“Live music entertainment costs” means all direct expenditures of any kind and nature (whether in money or other form) paid by the licensee or on the licensee’s behalf for all live entertainment during which live music is performed on the premises. It does not include amounts expended for stage props, lighting equipment, set design and costumes, or expenditures for renovation, expansion of facilities or furniture and equipment.

No later than June 30 of the year covered by the licence, the licensee shall file with SOCAN a statement estimating the attendance and the live music entertainment costs for that year, together with payment of 50 per cent of the estimated fee. The balance of the estimated fee is to be paid no later than October 1 of the same year.

No later than the earliest of 30 days of the close of the season and January 31 of the following year, the licensee shall file with SOCAN an audited statement setting out the total attendance and the live music entertainment costs for the year covered by the licence. SOCAN shall then calculate the fee and submit a statement of adjustments.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

Tariff 12.A does not apply to performances covered under Tariff 4 or 5.

B. Paramount Canada’s Wonderland Inc. and Similar Operations

For a licence to perform, at any time and as often as desired in 2013, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire at Paramount Canada’s Wonderland and similar operations, the fee payable is

(a) $5.09 per 1 000 persons in attendance on days on which music is performed, rounding the number of persons to the nearest 1 000;
PLUS

(b) 1.5 per cent of “live music entertainment costs.”

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

Tariff 12.B does not apply to performances covered under Tariff 4 or 5.

Tariff No. 13

PUBLIC CONVEYANCES

A. Aircraft

For a licence to perform in an aircraft, by means of recorded music, at any time and as often as desired in 2013, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire, the fee payable for each aircraft is as follows:

1. Music while on ground
Seating Capacity	Fee per Calendar Quarter
0 to 100	$80
101 to 160	$100
161 to 250	$120
251 or more	$160

2. In-flight music
Seating Capacity	Fee per Calendar Quarter
0 to 100	$320
101 to 160	$400
161 to 250	$480
251 or more	$660

3. Audiovisual presentations
Seating Capacity	Fee per Calendar Quarter
0 to 100	$160
101 to 160	$200
161 to 250	$240
251 or more	$330

Where the music uses in above items 2 and 3 are offered on an interactive basis that enables passengers to make individual selections of musical works or audiovisual presentations, the above royalties are doubled.

The fees under this tariff shall be payable on March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31. The payment shall be accompanied by a report showing, with regard to the relevant quarter, the number of aircraft, the seating capacity of each aircraft and the applicable Tariff 13.A item.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

Where fees are paid under Tariff 13.A.2 or A.3, no fees are payable under Tariff 13.A.1.

B. Passenger Ships

For a licence to perform in a passenger ship, by means of recorded music, at any time and as often as desired in 2013, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire, the fee payable for each passenger ship is as follows:

$1.05 per person per year based on the authorized passenger capacity of the ship, subject to a minimum annual fee of $62.74.

For passenger ships operating for less than 12 months in each year, the fee payable shall be reduced by one twelfth for each full month during the year in which no operations occur.

On or before January 31 of the year covered by the licence, the licensee shall report the authorized passenger capacity and pay the applicable fee to SOCAN.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

C. Railroad Trains, Buses and Other Public Conveyances, Excluding Aircraft and Passenger Ships

For a licence to perform in railroad trains, buses and other public conveyances, excluding aircraft and passenger ships, by means of recorded music, at any time and as often as desired in 2013, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire, the fee payable is as follows:

$1.05 per person per year, based on the authorized passenger capacity of the car, bus or other public conveyance, subject to a minimum annual fee of $62.74.

On or before January 31 of the year covered by the licence, the licensee shall report the authorized passenger capacity and pay the applicable fee to SOCAN.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

Tariff No. 14

PERFORMANCE OF AN INDIVIDUAL WORK

For the performance, in the year 2013, 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 fee payable shall be as follows:

When the performance of the work does not last more than three minutes:
Potential Audience	Musical Group or Orchestra with or without Vocal Accompaniment	Single Instrument with or without Vocal Accompaniment
500 or less	$5.35	$2.72
501 to 1 000	$6.27	$4.11
1 001 to 5 000	$13.37	$6.68
5 001 to 10 000	$18.66	$9.36
10 001 to 15 000	$24.01	$12.03
15 001 to 20 000	$29.30	$14.65
20 001 to 25 000	$34.60	$17.33
25 001 to 50 000	$40.05	$17.48
50 001 to 100 000	$45.45	$22.72
100 001 to 200 000	$59.33	$26.63
200 001 to 300 000	$66.68	$33.31
300 001 to 400 000	$79.94	$39.95
400 001 to 500 000	$93.36	$46.68
500 001 to 600 000	$106.67	$53.26
600 001 to 800 000	$119.94	$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:
Increase	(%)
Over 3 and not more than 7 minutes	75
Over 7 and not more than 15 minutes	125
Over 15 and not more than 30 minutes	200
Over 30 and not more than 60 minutes	300
Over 60 and not more than 90 minutes	400
Over 90 and not more than 120 minutes	500

If more than one work from SOCAN’s repertoire is performed during any particular event, the fees shall be calculated under other applicable tariffs.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

Tariff No. 15

BACKGROUND MUSIC IN ESTABLISHMENTS NOT COVERED BY TARIFF NO. 16

A. Background Music

For a licence to perform recorded music forming part of SOCAN’s repertoire, by any means, including a television set, and at any time and as often as desired in 2013, in an establishment not covered by Tariff 16, the annual fee is $1.23 per square metre or 11.46¢ per square foot, payable no later than January 31 of the year covered by the licence.

If no music is performed in January of the first year of operation, the fee shall be prorated on a monthly basis, calculated from the month in which music was first performed, and shall be paid within 30 days of the date on which music was first performed.

Seasonal establishments operating less than six months per year shall pay half the above rate.

In all cases, a minimum annual fee of $94.51 shall apply.

The payment shall be accompanied by a report showing the area of the establishment.

This tariff does not cover the use of music expressly covered in other tariffs, including performances covered under Tariff 8.

Pursuant to subsection 69(2) of the Copyright Act, no royalties are collectable from the owner or user of a radio receiving set in respect of public performances effected by means of that radio receiving set in any place other than a theatre that is ordinarily and regularly used for entertainments to which an admission charge is made.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

B. Telephone Music on Hold

For a licence to communicate to the public by telecommunication over a telephone on hold, at any time and as often as desired in 2013, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire, in an establishment not covered by Tariff 16, the fee payable is as follows:

$94.51 for one trunk line, plus $2.09 for each additional trunk line.

For the purposes of this tariff, “trunk line” means a telephone line linking the licensee’s telephone switching equipment to the public telephone system and over which music is provided to a caller while on hold.

No later than January 31 of the year covered by the licence, the licensee shall pay the applicable fee to SOCAN and report the number of trunk lines.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

Where fees are paid under Tariff 16, subsection 3(2), no fees shall be payable under Tariff 15.

Tariff No. 16

BACKGROUND MUSIC SUPPLIERS

Definitions

1. In this tariff,

“quarter” means from January to March, from April to June, from July to September and from October to December. (« trimestre »)

“revenues” means any amount paid by a subscriber to a supplier, net of any amount paid by the subscriber for the equipment provided to him. (« recettes »)

“small cable transmission system” has the meaning attributed to it in sections 3 and 4 of the Definition of “Small Cable Transmission System” Regulations, SOR/94-755 (Canada Gazette, Part Ⅱ, Vol. 128, page 4096), amended by SOR/2005-148 (Canada Gazette, Part Ⅱ, Vol. 139, page 1195). (« petit système de transmission par fil »)

“supplier” means a background music service supplier. (« fournisseur »)

Application

2. (1) This tariff sets the royalties payable in 2013 by a supplier who communicates to the public by telecommunication works in SOCAN’s repertoire or authorizes a subscriber to perform such works in public as background music, including any use of music with a telephone on hold.

(2) This tariff does not cover the use of music expressly covered in other tariffs, including performances covered under Tariffs 8, 19 and the Pay Audio Services Tariff.

Royalties

3. (1) Subject to subsection (4), a supplier who communicates a work in SOCAN’s repertoire during a quarter pays to SOCAN 2.25 per cent of revenues from subscribers who received such a communication during the quarter, subject to a minimum fee of $1.50 per relevant premises.

(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a supplier who authorizes a subscriber to perform in public a work in SOCAN’s repertoire during a quarter pays to SOCAN 7.5 per cent of revenues from subscribers so authorized during the quarter, subject to a minimum fee of $5 per relevant premises.

(3) A supplier who authorizes a subscriber to perform in public a work in SOCAN’s repertoire is not required to pay the royalties set out in subsection (2) to the extent that the subscriber complies with SOCAN Tariff 15.

(4) Royalties payable by a small cable transmission system are reduced by half.

Reporting Requirements

4. (1) No later than 60 days after the end of the quarter, the supplier shall pay the royalty for that quarter and shall report the information used to calculate the royalty.

(2) A supplier subject to subsection 3(1) shall provide with its payment the sequential lists of all musical works transmitted on the last seven days of each month of the quarter. Each entry shall mention the date and time of transmission, the title of the musical work, the name of the author and the composer of the work, the name of the performer or of the performing group, the running time, in minutes and seconds, the title of the record album, the record label, the Universal Product Code (UPC) and the International Standard Recording Code (ISRC).

(3) The information set out in subsection (2) is provided only if it is available to the supplier or to a third party from whom the supplier is entitled to obtain the information.

(4) A supplier subject to subsection 3(1) is not required to comply with subsection (2) with respect to any signal that is subject to the Pay Audio Services Tariff.

(5) A supplier subject to subsection 3(2) shall provide with its payment the name of each subscriber and the address of each premises for which the supplier is making a payment.

(6) Information provided pursuant to this section shall be delivered electronically, in plain text format or in any other format agreed upon by SOCAN and a supplier.

(7) A small cable transmission system is not required to comply with subsections (2) to (4).

Records and Audits

5. SOCAN shall have the right to audit the supplier’s books and records, on reasonable notice during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the supplier.

Confidentiality

6. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), SOCAN shall treat in confidence information received pursuant to this tariff, unless the person who supplied the information consents in writing to the information being treated otherwise.

(2) SOCAN may share information referred to in subsection (1)

(i) with the Copyright Board,
(ii) in connection with proceedings before the Copyright Board, if the supplier had the opportunity to request a confidentiality order,
(iii) to the extent required to effect the distribution of royalties, with any other collective society or with any royalty claimant, or
(iv) if required by law or by a court of law.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to information that is publicly available, or to information obtained from someone other than a supplier and who is not under an apparent duty of confidentiality to the supplier.

Tariff No. 17

TRANSMISSION OF PAY, SPECIALTY AND OTHER TELEVISION SERVICES BY DISTRIBUTION UNDERTAKINGS

Definitions

1. In this tariff,

“affiliation payment” means the amount payable by a distribution undertaking to a programming undertaking for the right to carry the signal of the programming undertaking. (« paiement d’affiliation »)

“ambient music” means music unavoidably picked up in the background when an event is videotaped or broadcasted. (« musique ambiante »)

“cleared music” means any music, other than ambient music or production music, in respect of which a licence from SOCAN is not required. (« musique affranchie »)

“cleared program” means a program produced by a Canadian programming undertaking and containing no music other than cleared music, ambient music or production music. (« émission affranchie »)

“distribution undertaking” means a distribution undertaking as defined in the Broadcasting Act, S.C. 1991, c. 11. (« entreprise de distribution »)

“gross income” means the gross amount paid by any person for the use of one or more broadcasting services or facilities provided by a programming undertaking, excluding the following:

(a) income accruing from investments, rents or any other business unrelated to the broadcasting activities of the programming undertaking. However, income accruing from any allied or subsidiary business that is a necessary adjunct to the broadcasting services and facilities of the programming undertaking or which results in their being used shall be included in the “gross income”;
(b) amounts received for the production of a program that is commissioned by someone other than the programming undertaking and which becomes the property of that person;
(c) the recovery of any amount paid to obtain the exclusive national or provincial broadcast rights to a sporting event, if the programming undertaking can establish that it was also paid normal fees for its time and facilities. SOCAN may require the production of the contract granting these rights together with the billing or correspondence relating to the use of these rights by other parties;
(d) amounts received by an originating programming undertaking acting on behalf of a group of programming undertakings, which do not constitute a permanent network and which broadcast a single event, simultaneously or on a delayed basis, that the originating undertaking pays out to the other programming undertakings participating in the broadcast. These amounts paid to each participating undertaking are part of that undertaking’s “gross income”; and
(e) affiliation payments. (« revenus bruts »)

“premises” has the meaning attributed to it in section 2 of the Regulations, which reads:

“ ‘premises’ means

(a) a dwelling, including a single-unit residence or a single unit within a multiple-unit residence; or
(b) a room in a commercial or institutional building.” (« local »)

“production music” means music contained in interstitial programming such as commercials, public service announcements and jingles. (« musique de production »)

“programming undertaking” means a programming undertaking as defined in the Broadcasting Act. (« entreprise de programmation »)

“Regulations” means the Definition of “Small Cable Transmission System” Regulations, SOR/94-755 (Canada Gazette, Part Ⅱ, Vol. 128, page 4096), amended by SOR/2005-148 (Canada Gazette, Part Ⅱ, Vol. 139, page 1195). (« Règlement »)

“relevant month” means the month for which the royalties are payable. (« mois pertinent »)

“service area” has the meaning attributed to it in section 2 of the Regulations, which reads:

“ ‘service area’ means an area in which premises served in accordance with the laws and regulations of Canada by a cable transmission system are located.” (« zone de service »)

“signal” means a television signal, other than a signal within the meaning of subsection 31(1) of the Copyright Act retransmitted in accordance with subsection 31(2) of the Copyright Act. “Signal” includes the signals of Canadian pay and specialty services, non-Canadian specialty services, community channels, and other programming and non-programming services. (« signal »)

“small cable transmission system” has the meaning attributed to it in sections 3 and 4 of the Regulations, which read:

“3. (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (4) and section 4, ‘small cable transmission system’ means a cable transmission system that transmits a signal, with or without a fee, to not more than 2 000 premises in the same service area.

(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), where a cable transmission system is included in the same unit as one or more other cable transmission systems, the number of premises to which the cable transmission system transmits a signal is deemed to be equal to the total number of premises to which all cable transmission systems included in that unit transmit a signal.

(3) For the purpose of subsection (2), a cable transmission system is included in the same unit as one or more other cable transmission systems where

(a) they are owned or directly or indirectly controlled by the same person or group of persons; and
(b) their service areas are each less than 5 km distant, at some point, from at least one other among them, and those service areas would constitute a series of contiguous service areas, in a linear or non-linear configuration, were it not for the distance.

(4) Subsection (2) does not apply to a cable transmission system that was included in a unit on December 31, 1993.

4. The definition set out in subsection 3(1) does not include a cable transmission system that is a master antenna system located within the service area of another cable transmission system that transmits a signal, with or without a fee, to more than 2 000 premises in that service area.” (« petit système de transmission par fil »)

“TVRO” means a Television Receive Only Earth Station designed for the reception of signals transmitted by satellite. (« TVRO »)

“year” means a calendar year. (« année »)

2. For the purposes of this tariff, a cable transmission system shall be deemed to be a small cable transmission system in a given year if

(a) it is a small cable transmission system on the later of December 31 of the preceding year or the last day of the month in which it first transmits a signal in the year; or
(b) the average number of premises, determined in accordance with the Regulations, the system served or was deemed to serve on the last day of each month during the preceding year was no more than 2 000.

Application

3. (1) This tariff applies to licences for the communication to the public by telecommunication, as often as desired during 2013, of any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire, in connection with the transmission of a signal for private or domestic use.

(2) This tariff does not apply to any use of music subject to Tariffs 2, 16 or 22.

Small Cable Transmission Systems and Unscrambled Low Power Television Stations

4. (1) The total royalty payable in connection with the transmission of all signals shall be $10 a year where the distribution undertaking is

(i) a small cable transmission system,
(ii) an unscrambled Low Power Television Station or Very Low Power Television Station (as defined in Sections E and G of Part IV of the Broadcast Procedures and Rules of Industry Canada effective April 1997), or
(iii) a terrestrial system which performs a function comparable to that of a cable transmission system, which uses Hertzian waves to transmit the signals and which otherwise meets the definition of “small cable transmission system.”

(2) The royalty payable pursuant to subsection (1) is due on the later of January 31 of the relevant year or the last day of the month after the month in which the system first transmits a signal in the relevant year.

(3) The following information shall be provided in respect of a system for which royalties are being paid pursuant to subsection (1):

(a) the number of premises served on the later of December 31 of the preceding year or the last day of the month in which the system first transmitted a signal in the relevant year;
(b) if the small cable transmission system qualifies as such by virtue of paragraph 3(b) of the Regulations, the number of premises, determined in accordance with the Regulations, the system served or was deemed to serve on the last day of each month during the preceding year;
(c) if the system is a master antenna system and is located within the service area of another cable transmission system, the name of that other system and a statement to the effect that the other system transmits a signal, with or without a fee, to no more than 2 000 premises in its licensed area; and
(d) if the system is included in a unit within the meaning of the Regulations
1. (i) the date the system was included in the unit,
2. (ii) the names of all the systems included in the unit,
3. (iii) the names of the person or group of persons who own or who directly or indirectly control the systems included in the unit, and
4. (iv) the nature of the control exercised by these persons

Other Distribution Undertakings

5. (1) Sections 6 to 15 apply to distribution undertakings that are not subject to section 4.

(2) Unless otherwise provided, for the purposes of sections 6 to 15, any reference to a distribution undertaking, to affiliation payments or to premises served excludes systems subject to section 4 or payments made or premises served by such systems.

Community and Non-Programming Services

6. The total royalty payable in any month in respect of all community channels, non-programming services and other services generating neither affiliation payments nor gross income that are transmitted by a distribution undertaking shall be 0.14¢ per premises or TVRO served by the distribution undertaking on the last day of the relevant month.

Election of Licence

7. (1) A programming undertaking other than a service that is subject to section 6 can elect for the standard or modified blanket licence.

(2) An election must be in writing, and must be received by SOCAN at least 30 days before the first day of the month for which the election is to take effect.

(3) An election remains valid until a further election is made.

(4) A programming undertaking can make no more than two elections in a year.

(5) A programming undertaking that has never made an election is deemed to have elected for the standard blanket licence.

Standard Blanket Licence

8. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the monthly royalty payable for the transmission of the signal of a programming undertaking that has elected for the standard blanket licence is

(i) 2.1 per cent of affiliation payments payable in the relevant month by a distribution undertaking to the programming undertaking, plus
(ii)

where

X is the gross income of the programming undertaking during the relevant month

Y is the number of premises or TVROs served by the distribution undertaking and lawfully receiving the signal of the programming undertaking on the last day of the relevant month

Z is the total number of premises or TVROs (including those served by systems subject to section 4) lawfully receiving the signal of the programming undertaking on the last day of the relevant month.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1)

(i) subparagraph (1)(ii) does not apply to non-Canadian specialty services, and
(ii) the royalty rate is 0.9 per cent if a programming undertaking communicates works for which it requires a licence from SOCAN, excluding production music and cleared music, for less than 20 per cent of the programming undertaking’s total air time and keeps and makes available to SOCAN complete recordings of its last 90 broadcast days.

(3) The royalty payable pursuant to subsection (1) is calculated in accordance with Form A if the royalties are being paid by the distribution undertaking, and in accordance with Form B if the royalties are being paid by the programming undertaking.

Modified Blanket Licence (MBL)

9. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the monthly royalty payable for the transmission of the signal of a programming undertaking that has elected for the modified blanket licence is calculated in accordance with Form C.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1)

(i) no account is taken of gross income in calculating the royalty payable in respect of a non-Canadian specialty service, and
(ii) the royalty rate is 0.9 per cent if a programming
undertaking
1. (A) communicates works for which it requires a licence from SOCAN, excluding production music and cleared music, for less than 20 per cent of the programming undertaking’s total air time, excluding the air time of cleared programs, and
2. (B) keeps and makes available to SOCAN complete recordings of its last 90 broadcast days.

Due Date for Royalties

10. Royalties shall be due on the last day of the third month following the relevant month.

Reporting Requirements

11. No later than the last day of the month following the relevant month, a distribution undertaking shall provide to SOCAN and to each programming undertaking whose signal it transmitted during the relevant month

(a) the number of premises or TVROs served by the distribution undertaking and lawfully receiving the signal on the last day of the relevant month; and
(b) the amount of the distribution undertaking’s affiliation payment for that signal for the relevant month.

12. (1) No later than the last day of the second month following the relevant month, a programming undertaking that does not intend to pay the royalty owed in respect of its signal for the relevant month shall provide to SOCAN and to each distribution undertaking that transmitted its signal during the relevant month

(a) the number obtained by dividing its gross income for the relevant month by the total number of premises or TVROs (including those served by systems subject to section 4) lawfully receiving its signal on the last day of the relevant month;
(b) if the programming undertaking has elected for the modified blanket licence, the percentage of its gross income that was generated by cleared programs in the relevant month and the percentage of total air time of cleared programs during that month; and
(c) if the programming undertaking claims that it complies with subparagraph 8(2)(ii) or 9(2)(ii), a notice to that effect.

(2) A programming undertaking referred to in subsection (1) shall also provide to SOCAN, by the date mentioned in subsection (1),

(a) its gross income during the relevant month;
(b) the total number of premises or TVROs (including those served by systems subject to section 4) lawfully receiving the signal of the programming undertaking on the last day of the relevant month; and
(c) the total number of premises or TVROs (excluding those served by systems subject to section 4) lawfully receiving the signal of the programming undertaking on the last day of the relevant month.

13. No later than the last day of the second month following the relevant month, a programming undertaking that has elected for the modified blanket licence shall provide to SOCAN, using Form D, reports identifying, in respect of each cleared program, the music used in that program as well as any document supporting its claim that the music identified in Form D is cleared music, or a reference to that document, if the document was provided previously.

14. (1) A programming undertaking that makes a payment shall provide to SOCAN with its payment the total amount of affiliation payments payable to it for the relevant month and the calculation of the royalty for the relevant month, using the applicable form.

(2) A distribution undertaking that makes a payment shall provide to SOCAN with its payment, for the relevant month and in respect of each programming undertaking whose signal it transmitted during the relevant month,

(a) the name of the programming undertaking, the name of its signal and the affiliation payment;
(b) the number of premises or TVROs served by the distribution undertaking and lawfully receiving the signal of the programming undertaking on the last day of the relevant month; and
(c) the calculation of the royalty, using the applicable form.

MBL: Incorrect Cleared Program Claims

15. Amounts paid pursuant to lines B and C of Form C on account of a program that a programming undertaking incorrectly claimed as a cleared program are not refundable.

Audit

16. SOCAN shall have the right to audit the books and records of a programming undertaking or of a distribution undertaking, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the royalty payable.

Confidentiality

17. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), information received pursuant to this tariff shall be treated in confidence, unless the undertaking that supplied the information consents in writing to the information being treated otherwise.

(2) Information referred to in subsection (1) can be shared

(i) to comply with this tariff,
(ii) with the Copyright Board,
(iii) in connection with proceedings before the Copyright Board, if the collective society has first provided a reasonable opportunity for the undertaking providing the information to request a confidentiality order,
(iv) to the extent required to effect the distribution of royalties, with a royalty claimant, or
(v) if ordered by law or by a court of law.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to information that is publicly available, or to information obtained from someone other than the undertaking and who is not under an apparent duty of confidentiality to that undertaking.

Interest on Late Payments

18. 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.

Tariff No. 18

RECORDED MUSIC FOR DANCING

For a licence to perform, by means of recorded music for dancing by patrons, at any time and as often as desired in the year 2013, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire, in bars, cabarets, restaurants, taverns, clubs, dining rooms, discotheques, dance halls, ballrooms and similar premises, the annual fee shall be as follows:

(a) Premises accommodating no more than 100 patrons:
time	Days of Operation
Months of Operation	1 – 3 days	4 – 7 days
6 months or less	$267.33	$534.66
More than 6 months	$534.66	$1,069.32

(b) Premises accommodating more than 100 patrons:

Premises accommodating between 101 and 120 patrons shall pay 10 per cent more than the fees set out in (a). For each subsequent capacity increase of up to 20 patrons, a further increase of 10 per cent of the fees set out in (a) shall be payable.

No later than January 31 of the year covered by the licence, the establishment shall pay the applicable fee to SOCAN and report the room capacity in number of patrons.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

This tariff does not cover the use of music expressly covered in other tariffs, including performances covered under Tariff 8.

Tariff No. 19

FITNESS ACTIVITIES AND DANCE INSTRUCTION

For a licence to perform, at any time and as often as desired in the year 2013, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire, in conjunction with physical exercises (dancercize, aerobics, body building and other similar activities) and dance instruction, the annual fee for each room in which performances take place is $2.14 multiplied by the average number of participants per week in the room, with a minimum annual fee of $64.

No later than January 31 of the year covered by the licence, the licensee shall file with SOCAN a statement estimating the average number of participants per week for each room in which performances are expected to take place during the year, together with the payment of the estimated fee.

No later than January 31 of the following year, the licensee shall file with SOCAN a report setting out the actual average number of participants per week for each room in which performances took place during the year covered by the licence. Any monies owed shall then be paid to SOCAN; if the fee due is less than the amount paid, SOCAN shall credit the licensee with the amount of the overpayment.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

Tariff No. 20

KARAOKE BARS AND SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS

For a licence to perform, at any time and as often as desired in the year 2013, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire, by means of karaoke machines at karaoke bars and similar establishments, the annual fee shall be as follows:

Establishments operating with karaoke no more than 3 days a week: $191.24.

Establishments operating with karaoke more than 3 days a week: $275.56.

No later than January 31 of the year covered by the licence, the establishment shall pay the applicable fee to SOCAN and report the number of days it operates with karaoke in a week.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

Tariff No. 21

RECREATIONAL FACILITIES OPERATED BY A MUNICIPALITY, SCHOOL, COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY, AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OR SIMILAR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS

For a licence to perform, at any time and as often as desired in the year 2013, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire, in a recreational facility operated by a municipality, school, college, university, agricultural society or similar community organizations, during recreational activities that would otherwise be subject to Tariff 5.A (Exhibitions and Fairs), Tariff 7 (Skating Rinks), Tariff 8 (Receptions, Conventions, Assemblies and Fashion Shows), Tariff 9 (Sports Events, including minor hockey, figure skating, roller skating, ice skating, youth figure skating carnivals and amateur rodeos), Tariff 11.A (Circuses, Ice Shows, etc.) or Tariff 19 (Fitness Activities and Dance Instruction), the annual fee is $185.07 for each facility, if the licensee’s gross revenue from these events during the year covered by the licence does not exceed $15,422.88.

Payment of this fee shall be made on or before January 31 of the year covered by the licence. On or before January 31 of the following year, a report shall be submitted to SOCAN confirming that the licensee’s gross revenue from the events covered by this tariff during the year do not exceed $15,422.88.

A facility paying under this tariff is not required to pay under Tariff 5.A, 7, 8, 9, 11.A or 19 for the events covered in this tariff.

This tariff does not cover the use of music expressly covered in tariffs other than Tariff 5.A, 7, 8, 9, 11.A or 19.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

Tariff No. 22

INTERNET

A. Online Music Services

Short Title

1. This tariff may be cited as the SOCAN Online Music Services Tariff, 2013.

Definitions

2. In this part of the tariff,

“bundle” means two or more digital files offered as a single product, if at least one file is a permanent download; (« ensemble »)

“download” means a file intended to be copied onto a consumer’s local storage device; (« téléchargement »)

“file” except in the definition of bundle, means a digital file of a sound recording of a musical work, including a videoclip; (« fichier »)

“gross revenue” means the gross amounts paid to an online music service or its authorized distributors for access to and use of the service, including membership and subscription fees, amounts paid for advertising, sponsorship, promotion and product placement, commissions on third-party transactions, and amounts equal to the value of the consideration received by an online music service or its authorized distributors pursuant to any contra and barter agreements related to the operation of the service; (« revenus bruts »)

“identifier” means the unique identifier an online music service assigns to a file or bundle; (« identificateur »)

“limited download” means a download that uses technology that causes the file to become unusable when a subscription ends; (« téléchargement limité »)

“on-demand stream” means a stream selected by its recipient; (« transmission sur demande »)

“online music service” means a service that delivers streams (recommended or on demand) and downloads (limited or permanent) to subscribers. For greater certainty, “online music service” includes cloud-based music services and other services using similar technology, but excludes a service that offers only streams (other than recommended) in which the file is selected by the service, which can only be listened to at a time chosen by the service and for which no advance play list is published; (« service de musique en ligne »)

“permanent download” means a download other than a limited download; (« téléchargement permanent »)

“play” means the single performance of a recommended or on-demand stream; (« écoute »)

“portable limited download” means a limited download that uses technology that allows the subscriber to reproduce the file on a device other than a device to which an online music service delivered the file; (« téléchargement limité portable »)

“quarter” means from January to March, from April to June, from July to September and from October to December; (« trimestre »)

“recommended stream” means a stream delivered by an information filtering system that presents content that is likely to be of interest to the user; (« transmission recommandée »)

“stream” means a file that is intended to be copied onto a local storage device only to the extent required to allow listening to the file at substantially the same time as when the file is transmitted; (« transmission »)

“subscriber” means a person who accesses an online music service, pursuant to a contract or otherwise, and receives permanent downloads, limited downloads or streams, whether the person pays a fee or provides other consideration for the service or uses the service free of charge. (« abonné »)

Application

3. (1) This part of Tariff 22 sets the royalties to be paid for the communication to the public by telecommunication of works in SOCAN’s repertoire in connection with the operation of an online music service and its authorized distributors in 2013, including the use of a musical work in a videoclip.

(2) This part of the tariff does not apply to uses covered by other applicable tariffs, including SOCAN Tariffs 16, 24 and 25.

Royalties

Recommended and on-demand streams

4. (1) The royalties payable in a month for an online music service that offers recommended and on-demand streams but does not offer limited downloads shall be

where

(A) is 15.2 per cent of the gross revenue of the service for the month, excluding amounts paid to the service for permanent downloads,

(B) is the number of plays of files requiring a SOCAN licence during the month, and

subject to a minimum fee of 96.2¢ per subscriber.

Limited downloads

(2) The royalties payable in a month for an online music service that offers limited downloads with or without streams shall be

where

(A) is 12.6 per cent of the gross revenue of the service for the month (15.6 per cent in the case of a service that offers previews), excluding amounts paid to the service for permanent downloads,

(B) is the number of limited downloads requiring a SOCAN licence during the month, and

subject to a minimum fee of $1.22 per subscriber if portable limited downloads are allowed, and 79.8¢ per subscriber if they are not.

Permanent downloads

(3) The royalties payable in a month for an online music service that offers only permanent downloads shall be

where

(A) is 6.8 per cent of the gross revenue of the service for the month (9.8 per cent in the case of a service that offers previews),

(B) is the number of permanent downloads requiring a SOCAN licence during the month, and

subject to a minimum fee of 3.4¢ per permanent download in a bundle that contains 15 or more files, and 4.6¢ per permanent download in all other cases.

(4) Where an online music service subject to subsection (1) or (2) also offers permanent downloads, the royalty payable by that service for each permanent download requiring a SOCAN licence shall be 6.8 per cent of the amounts paid to the service for the permanent downloads (9.8 per cent in the case of a service that offers previews), subject to a minimum fee of 3.4¢ per permanent download in a bundle that contains 15 or more files, and 4.6¢ per permanent download in all other cases.

(5) For the purpose of calculating the minimum payable pursuant to subsections (1), (2) and (3), the number of subscribers shall be determined as at the end of the quarter in respect of which the royalties are payable.

Free per-stream transactions

(6) Where an online music service subject to subsection (1), (2) or (3) also offers streams free of charge, the royalty shall be 4.6¢ per streamed file requiring a SOCAN licence.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Reporting Requirements

5. (1) No later than 20 days after the end of the first quarter during which an online music service communicates a file requiring a SOCAN licence, the service shall provide to SOCAN the following information:

(a) the name of the person who operates the service, including
1. (i) the name of a corporation and a mention of its jurisdiction of incorporation,
2. (ii) the name of the proprietor of an individual proprietorship, or
3. (iii) the names of the principal officers of any other service, together with any other trade name under which the service carries on business;
(b) the address of its principal place of business;
(c) its address (including email) for the purposes of notice;
(d) the name and address of any authorized distributor;
(e) the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of each Internet site at or through which the service is or will be offered;
(f) with respect to each file that was communicated:
1. (i) its identifier,
2. (ii) the title of the musical work,
3. (iii) the name of each author of the musical work,
4. (iv) the name of each performer or group to whom the sound recording is credited,
5. (v) the name of the person who released the sound recording,
6. (vi) the International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) assigned to the sound recording,
7. (vii) if the sound recording is or has been released in physical format as part of an album, the name, identifier, product catalogue number and Universal Product Code (UPC) assigned to the album, together with the associated disc and track numbers,
8. (viii) if the file is being offered as part of a bundle, the name and identifier of the bundle as well as the identifier of each file in the bundle, and
9. (ix) if the service believes that a SOCAN licence is not required, an indication to that effect accompanied by a report showing, with respect to each download or stream not requiring a SOCAN licence, information that establishes why the licence is not required; and
(g) with respect to each file that was communicated, if the information is available:
1. (i) the name of the music publisher associated with the musical work,
2. (ii) the International Standard Musical Work Code (ISWC) assigned to the musical work,
3. (iii) the Global Release Identifier (GRID) assigned to the file and, if applicable, the GRID of the album or bundle in which the file was released,
4. (iv) the running time of the file, in minutes and seconds, and
5. (v) any alternative title used to designate the musical work or sound recording.

(2) No later than 20 days after the end of each subsequent quarter, an online music service shall provide to SOCAN the following information:

(a) any change to the information previously reported pursuant to paragraphs (l)(a) to (g) as well as any information set out in paragraph (l)(g) that became available during the quarter;
(b) with respect to each file that the service first made available during the quarter, the information set out in paragraphs (1)(f) and (g); and
(c) with respect to each file that the service ceased to make available during the quarter, its identifier.

Sales Reports

6. (1) No later than 20 days after the end of each quarter, an online music service that offers streams but does not offer limited downloads shall provide to SOCAN a report setting out, for that quarter,

(a) the identifier and number of plays of each file that requires a SOCAN licence;
(b) the total number of plays of files that requires a SOCAN licence;
(c) the total number of plays of all files;
(d) the number of subscribers to the service at the end of the quarter and the total amounts paid by them;
(e) the gross revenue of the service for the quarter; and
(f) the total number of streams provided free of charge.

(2) No later than 20 days after the end of each quarter, an online music service that offers limited downloads shall provide to SOCAN a report setting out, for that quarter,

(a) the identifier, number of portable limited downloads, number of other limited downloads, and number of plays of each file that requires a SOCAN licence;
(b) the total number of portable limited downloads, other limited downloads, and plays of files that requires a SOCAN licence;
(c) the total number of portable limited downloads, other limited downloads, and plays of all files;
(d) the number of subscribers entitled to receive portable limited downloads at the end of the quarter, the number of other subscribers at the end of the quarter and the total amounts paid by all subscribers;
(e) the gross revenue of the service for the quarter; and
(f) the total number of streams provided free of charge.

(3) No later than 20 days after the end of each quarter, an online music service that offers permanent downloads shall provide to SOCAN a report setting out, for that quarter,

(a) the total number of permanent downloads supplied;
(b) the total number of permanent downloads requiring a SOCAN licence supplied and the total amount payable by subscribers for those downloads;
(c) with respect to each permanent download requiring a SOCAN licence,
1. (i) the number of times the file was downloaded,
  
  (ii) the number of times the file was downloaded as part of a bundle, the identifier of each such bundle and of the file as included in that bundle, the amount paid by consumers for each such bundle, the share of that amount assigned by the service to the file, and a description of the manner in which that share was assigned, and
2. (iii) the identifier and number of other permanent downloads of the file and the amounts paid by consumers for the file, including, if the file is offered as a permanent download at different prices from time to time, the number of permanent downloads of the file at each different price;
(d) the total amount paid by consumers for bundles;
(e) the total amount paid by consumers for permanent downloads;
(f) the gross revenue of the service for the quarter; and
(g) the total number of streams provided free of charge.

Calculation and Payment of Royalties

7. Royalties shall be calculated in accordance with section 4 and shall be due no later than 20 days after the end of each quarter.

Adjustments

8. (1) Subject to subsection (2), adjustments in the amount of royalties owed, including excess payments, as a result of the discovery of an error or otherwise, shall be made on the date the next royalty payment is due.

(2) Any excess payment resulting from an online music service providing incorrect or incomplete information about a file shall be deducted from future amounts owed for the use of works owned by the same person as the work in that file.

(3) Adjustments in any information provided pursuant to section 6 or 7 shall be provided with the next report dealing with such information.

Records and Audits

9. (1) An online music service shall keep and preserve, for a period of six years after the end of the month to which they relate, records from which the information set out in sections 5 and 6 can be readily ascertained.

(2) SOCAN may audit these records at any time during the period set out in subsection (1) on reasonable notice and during normal business hours.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), if an audit discloses that royalties due have been understated in any quarter by more than 10 per cent, the online music service shall pay the reasonable costs of the audit within 30 days of the demand for such payment.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), any amount owing as a result of an error or omission on the part of SOCAN shall not be taken into account.

Confidentiality

10. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), SOCAN shall treat in confidence information received pursuant to this tariff, unless the online music service consents in writing to the information being treated otherwise.

(2) Information referred to in subsection (1) may be shared

(a) with the Copyright Board;
(b) in connection with proceedings before the Copyright Board and any other administrative tribunal, once the online music service had a reasonable opportunity to request a confidentiality order;
(c) with any person who knows or is presumed to know the information;
(d) to the extent required to effect the distribution of royalties, with royalty claimants;
(e) with another collective society; and
(f) if required by law or ordered by a court of law.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to information that is publicly available, or to information obtained from someone other than an online music service and who is not under an apparent duty of confidentiality to the service.

INTERNET — OTHER USES OF MUSIC

[NOTE TO PROSPECTIVE USERS: Tariff 22.B to 22.G was first proposed by SOCAN for the year 2006 as part of a new Tariff 22 structure. It was again filed in a similar format for each of the years 2007 to 2012. A hearing took place before the Copyright Board in 2007 and the Board released its Decision concerning Tariff 22.B to 22.G, for the years 1996 to 2006, on October 24, 2008. Certain aspects of that Decision are now the subject of judicial proceedings in the Supreme Court of Canada. For 2013, SOCAN refiles the tariff in the same general form as that proposed for 2012, but with specific additions and other changes intended to clarify the scope of the tariff’s application in certain cases. SOCAN recognizes that further modifications may be necessary and reserves the right to propose changes to the tariff as may be justified as a consequence of the court proceedings and the Board’s hearing process.]

B. Audio Webcasts

(i) For communications from Sites or Services whose content is similar to that of a pay audio service subject to the Pay Audio Services Tariff, the greater of 20 per cent of the Gross Revenues earned by the Site or Service or 20 per cent of the Gross Operating Expenses of the Site or Service, with a minimum monthly fee of $200.00, and
(ii) For communications from Sites or Services whose content is similar to that of a conventional radio station subject
to Tariff 1.A, the greater of 15 per cent of the Gross
Revenues earned by the Site or Service or 15 per cent of the Gross Operating Expenses of the Site or Service, with a minimum monthly fee of $200.00, and
(iii) For communications from Sites or Services whose content is similar to that of a conventional radio station subject to Tariff 1.B, the greater of 7.5 per cent of the Gross Revenues earned by the Site or Service or 7.5 per cent of the Gross Operating Expenses of the Site or Service, with a minimum monthly fee of $200.00.

C. Webcasts of Radio Station Signals

(i) For communications of musical works as part of the signal of a conventional radio station that is otherwise subject to Tariff 1.A, the greater of 15 per cent of the Gross Revenues earned by the Site or Service or 15 per cent of the Gross Operating Expenses of the Site or Service, with a minimum monthly fee of $200.00, and
(ii) For communications of musical works as part of the signal of a conventional radio station that is otherwise subject to Tariff 1.B, the greater of 7.5 per cent of the Gross Revenues earned by the Site or Service or 7.5 per cent of the Gross Operating Expenses of the Site or Service, with a minimum monthly fee of $200.00.

D. Audiovisual Webcasts

For communications of musical works as part of audiovisual works from Sites or Services whose content is similar to that of a conventional television station subject to Tariff 2.A or a programming undertaking subject to Tariff 17, the greater of 15 per cent of the Gross Revenues earned by the Site or Service or 15 per cent of the Gross Operating Expenses of the Site or Service, with a minimum monthly fee of $200.00.

For greater certainty, Tariff 22.D applies to Sites or Services that communicate television programs, films and other audiovisual content containing musical works, irrespective of the technical nature of the communication (e.g. whether the communication is in the form of a stream or download).

E. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Ontario Educational Communications Authority

The royalties payable by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation are 10 per cent of the total amount payable by the Corporation pursuant to Tariffs 1.C (Radio — Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) and 2.D (Television — Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) or an agreement with SOCAN.

The royalties payable by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority are 10 per cent of the total amount payable by the Authority pursuant to Tariff 2.B (Ontario Educational Communications Authority) or an agreement with SOCAN.

F. Webcasts of Television Station Signals

For communications of musical works as part of the signal of a conventional television station that is otherwise subject to Tariff 2 or a programming undertaking otherwise subject to Tariff 17, the greater of 15 per cent of the Gross Revenues earned by the Site or Service or 15 per cent of the Gross Operating Expenses of the Site or Service, with a minimum monthly fee of $200.00.

G. User Generated Content

For communications of musical works from user generated content Sites and Services, including, but not limited to, YouTube, Facebook and MySpace, the greater of 15 per cent of the Gross Revenues earned by the Site or Service or 15 per cent of the Gross Operating Expenses of the Site or Service, with a minimum monthly fee of $200.00.

In the case of amateur podcasters whose use of music represents less than 20 per cent of the podcast’s overall programming time, and where such podcasts generate no revenues, an annual licence fee of $60.00 shall apply.

H. Game Sites

For communications of musical works as part of games, including gambling, from Sites or Services that consist predominantly of games, the greater of 10 per cent of the Gross Revenues earned by the Site or Service or 10 per cent of the Gross Operating Expenses of the Site or Service, with a minimum monthly fee of $200.00.

I. Other Sites

For communications of musical works from a Site or Service other than one mentioned in items A through G above, the greater of 10 per cent of the Gross Revenues earned by the Site or Service or 10 per cent of the Gross Operating Expenses of the Site or Service, with a minimum monthly fee of $200.00.

“Similar Transmission Facilities” includes a telecommunications facility from which musical works are communicated to cellular phones or other personal communication devices, utilizing Internet and/or other transmission protocols.

“Sites or Services,” “Site,” or “Service” means a site or service accessible via the Internet or Similar Transmission Facilities from which content is transmitted to Users. For greater certainty, “Sites or Services” includes cloud-based services and other services using similar technology.

“Internet Transmissions” means transmissions of content to Users from or through a Site or Service.

“Users” are all those who receive or access Internet Transmissions or Similar Transmission Facilities.

“Gross Operating Expenses” include the amounts paid for all goods and services that are required for the Site or Service to operate.

“Gross Revenues” includes the total of all amounts paid by Users for the right to access (including the right to select, listen to, reproduce for later listening, or both listen to and reproduce for later listening) musical works or content of which musical works form a part, all amounts paid for the preparation, storage or transmission of advertisements on the Site or Service, whether such amounts are paid to the owner or operator of the Site or Service or to another person or entity.

“Advertisements on the Site or Service” includes any sponsorship, announcement, trademark, commercial message or advertisement displayed, communicated or accessible during connection to or with the Site or Service or to which the User’s attention is directly or indirectly guided by any means.

The fee shall be paid within 30 days of the end of each month together, where applicable, with a report of the number of Users, the Gross Revenues and Gross Operating Expenses for the relevant month.

The licensee shall provide SOCAN, in electronic form, quarterly music use reports that shall contain detailed information from the licensee’s Site or Service usage logs concerning the transmission of all musical works from the Site or Service. Such information shall identify each musical work by title, composer/ writer, author, artist, record label, and unique identifier (e.g. ISWD, ISAN), length, type of use (i.e. theme, background or feature performance) and the manner of performance (i.e. instrumental or vocal), and specify the number of times each musical work was transmitted and whether the work was streamed or otherwise downloaded.

Tariff 22 does not apply to uses of music covered by other applicable tariffs, including Tariffs 16, 24 or 25. However, users subject to those tariffs are required to pay additional royalties for any Internet uses of music described in Tariff 22. Similarly, Tariff 22.B–H does not apply to the uses of music described in Tariff 22.A, but the users subject to that tariff are required to pay additional royalties for any Internet uses of music described in Tariff 22.B–H.

SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records on reasonable notice and during normal business hours to verify the statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

Tariff No. 23

HOTEL AND MOTEL IN-ROOM SERVICES

Definitions

1. In this tariff, “mature audience film” means an audiovisual work that has sexual activity as its primary component and that is separately marketed as adult entertainment.

Application and Royalties

2. For a licence to communicate to the public by telecommunication, at any time and as often as desired in 2013, any or all of the works in SOCAN’s repertoire, by means of hotel or motel in-room audiovisual or musical services, the total fees payable shall be

(a) 1.25 per cent of the fees paid by guests to view audiovisual works other than mature audience films;
(b) 0.3125 per cent of the fees paid by guests to view mature audience films containing any work in respect of which a SOCAN licence is required; and
(c) 5.5 per cent of the revenues of the provider of any musical service.

Payment and Reporting Requirements

3. Royalties shall be due no later than 60 days after the end of each quarter. The payment shall be accompanied by a report showing, with respect to the relevant quarter,

(a) for audiovisual works other than mature audience films,
1. (i) the fees paid by guests to view the audiovisual content, and
2. (ii) the individual titles of the audiovisual works used during the quarter;
(b) for mature audience films,
1. (i) the fees paid by guests to view the films,
2. (ii) a list of individual titles of the films used during the quarter, indicating which films did not contain any work in respect of which a SOCAN licence is required, and
3. (iii) if a film does not contain any work in respect of which a SOCAN licence is required, documentation establishing that no such works were used; and
(c) for musical services,
1. (i) the fees paid by guests to use the service,
2. (ii) the revenues of the provider of the service, and
  (iii) the Universal Product Code (UPC) and the International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) of the recordings used in providing the service.

Audits

4. SOCAN shall have the right to audit the licensee’s books and records, on reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to verify statements rendered and the fee payable by the licensee.

Uses Not Targeted in the Tariff

5. (1) This tariff does not apply to uses covered by other SOCAN tariffs, including Tariffs 17 and 22 and the Pay Audio Services Tariff.

(2) This tariff does not apply to Internet access services or to video games services.

Tariff No. 24

RINGTONES AND RINGBACKS

[NOTE: SOCAN’s proposed Tariff 24 for the years 2011 to 2013 was published in the Supplement to the Canada Gazette, Part Ⅰ, dated July 31, 2010.]

Tariff No. 25

SATELLITE RADIO SERVICES

Short Title

1. This tariff may be cited as the Satellite Radio Services Tariff (SOCAN: 2013; RE:SOUND: (…) CSI: (…)).

Definitions

2. In this tariff,

“collective society” includes CSI; (« société de gestion »)

“number of subscribers” means the average number of subscribers during the reference month; (« nombre d’abonnés »)

“reference month” means the second month before the month for which royalties are being paid; (« mois de référence »)

“service” means a multi-channel subscription satellite radio service licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission as well as any similar service distributed in Canada; (« service »)

“service revenues” means the amounts paid by subscribers for a service, advertising revenues, product placement, promotion and sponsorship, net revenues from the sale of goods or services and commissions on third-party transactions. This includes activation and termination fees as well as membership, subscription and other access fees. It excludes advertising agency fees, revenue accruing from any business that is not a necessary adjunct to the distribution of the service or the use of the service’s broadcasting facilities and revenue generated from the sale of hardware and accessories used in the reception of the service; (« recettes du service »)

“subscriber” means a person who is authorized to receive in Canada one or more signals offered by a service, whether for free or for valuable consideration, excluding a commercial subscriber; (« abonné »)

“year” means a calendar year. (« année »)

Application

3. (1) This tariff sets the royalties to be paid each month in 2013 by a service

(a) to communicate to the public by telecommunication, in Canada, musical or dramatico-musical works in SOCAN’s repertoire and published sound recordings embodying musical works and performers’ performances of such works in Re:Sound’s repertoire; and
(b) to reproduce in Canada musical works in the repertoire of CMRRA or SODRAC and to authorize the reproduction of such works in Canada, including the reproduction of works by subscribers for their personal use,

in connection with the operation of the service, for direct reception by subscribers for their private use.

(2) This tariff does not authorize

(a) any use of a work, sound recording or performer’s performance by a service in connection with its delivery to a commercial subscriber;
(b) any use by a subscriber of a work, sound recording or performer’s performance transmitted by a service, other than the use set out in paragraph (1)(b); or
(c) the use of a reproduction made pursuant to paragraph (1)(b) in association with a product, service, cause or institution.

(3) This tariff does not apply to uses covered by other tariffs, including SOCAN Tariffs 16, 18 or 22, Re:Sound Tariffs 1.A, 1.C or 3, or the Pay Audio Services Tariff.

Royalties

4. (1) A service shall pay to SOCAN and to Re:Sound, respectively, 10 and […] per cent of its service revenue for the reference month, subject to minimum fees of $1.00 and […] per subscriber. The fee shall be calculated and paid as follows:

10 per cent × the amounts paid by subscribers for a service (including activation and termination fees as well as membership, subscription and other access fees), subject to minimum fees of $1.00 and [...] per subscriber. The service shall ensure that the minimum fee is paid for each subscriber receiving the service free of charge.

PLUS

10 per cent × the total amounts received by the service for the following: advertising revenues, product placement, promotion and sponsorship, net revenues from the sale of goods or services and commissions on third-party transactions, but excluding advertising agency fees, revenue accruing from any business that is not a necessary adjunct to the distribution of the service or the use of the service’s broadcasting facilities and revenue generated from the sale of hardware and accessories used in the reception of the service;

(2) A service shall pay to CSI the following percentages of its service revenues for the reference month:

(a) for reproductions made in connection with the programming operations of the service, […] per cent, subject to a minimum fee of […] per subscriber and to a discount of […] per cent if no work is transmitted to subscribers using copies on a server located in Canada;
(b) for reproductions onto receivers enabled for extended buffer or replay, […] per cent

where

(A) is the number of subscribers owning a receiver enabled for extended buffer or replay but not a receiver enabled to store individual songs or blocks of programming for playback at a time chosen by the subscriber, and (B) is the total number of subscribers,

subject to a minimum fee of […] per subscriber referred to in variable (A); and

(c) for reproductions onto receivers enabled to store individual songs or blocks of programming for playback at a time chosen by the subscriber, […] per cent

where

(C) is the number of subscribers owning a receiver enabled to store individual songs or blocks of programming for playback at a time chosen by the subscriber, and
(B) is the total number of subscribers,

subject to a minimum fee of […] per subscriber referred to in variable (C).

Reporting Requirements

5. No later than on the first day of the month, a service shall pay the royalties for that month and shall provide for the reference month,

(a) the number of subscribers referred to in variables (A), (B) and (C) of paragraphs 4(2)(b) and 4(2)(c);
(b) its service revenues, broken down into amounts paid by subscribers for the service, advertising revenues, sponsorship revenues and other revenues; and
(c) the total number of subscribers to the service, including the number of subscribers to each of the various subscription price points charged by the service during the month, including the number of subscribers receiving the service free of charge.

Sound Recording and Musical Work Use Information

6. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a service shall provide with its payment the sequential lists of all musical works transmitted on each of its signals for each day of the reference month. Each entry shall mention the date and time of transmission, the title of the musical work, the name of the author and the composer of the work, the name of the performer or of the performing group, the running time, in minutes and seconds, the title of the record album, the record label, the Universal Product Code (UPC) and the International Standard Recording Code (ISRC).

(2) The information set out in subsection (1) is provided only if it is available to the service or to a third party from whom the service is entitled to obtain the information.

Records and Audits

7. (1) A service shall keep and preserve, for a period of six months after the end of the month to which they relate, records from which the information set out in section 6 can be readily ascertained.

(2) A service shall keep and preserve, for a period of six years after the end of the year to which they relate, records from which the information set out in section 5 can be readily ascertained.

(3) A collective society may audit these records at any time during the period set out in subsection (1) or (2), on reasonable notice and during normal business hours.

(4) The collective society shall, upon receipt, supply a copy of the report of the audit to the service that was the object of the audit and to the other collective societies.

(5) If an audit discloses that royalties due to any collective society have been understated in any month by more than 10 per cent, the service shall pay the reasonable costs of the audit within 30 days of the demand for such payment.

Confidentiality

8. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a collective society shall treat in confidence information received pursuant to this tariff, unless the service that supplied the information consents in writing to the information being treated otherwise.

(2) A collective society may share information referred to in subsection (1)

(i) with another collective society that is subject to this tariff,
(ii) with the Copyright Board,
(iii) in connection with proceedings before the Copyright Board, if the service had the opportunity to request a confidentiality order,
(iv) to the extent required to effect the distribution of royalties, with any other collective society or with any royalty claimant, or
(v) if required by law.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to information that is publicly available, or to information obtained from someone other than a service and who is not under an apparent duty of confidentiality to that service.

Adjustments

9. Adjustments in the amount of royalties owed (including excess payments), as a result of discovering an error or otherwise, shall be made on the date the next royalty payment is due.

Interest on Late Payments

10. 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.

Addresses for Notices, etc.

11. (1) Anything addressed to SOCAN shall be sent to 41 Valleybrook Drive, Toronto, Ontario M3B 2S6, email: customers@socan.ca, fax number: 416-445-7108, or to any other address, email address or fax number of which the service has been notified.

(2) Anything addressed to Re:Sound shall be sent to 1235 Bay Street, Suite 910, Toronto, Ontario M5R 3K4, email: satellite@nrdv.ca, fax number: 416-962-7797, or to any other address, email address or fax number of which the service has been notified.

(3) Anything addressed to CSI shall be sent to 420–759 Victoria Square, Montréal, Quebec H2Y 2J7, email: csi@cmrrasodrac.ca, fax number: 514-845-3401, or to any other address, email address or fax number of which the service has been notified.

(4) Anything addressed to a service shall be sent to the last address or fax number of which the society has been notified.

Delivery of Notices and Payments

12. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a notice may be delivered by hand, by postage-paid mail, by fax, by email or by file transfer protocol (FTP). A payment may be delivered by hand, by postage-paid mail or by electronic bank transfer.

(2) Information provided pursuant to section 6 shall be delivered electronically, in plain text format or in any other format agreed upon by a collective society and a service.

(3) Anything mailed in Canada shall be presumed to have been received three business days after the day it was mailed.

(4) Anything sent by fax, by email, by FTP or by electronic bank transfer shall be presumed to have been received on the day it is transmitted.

PAY AUDIO SERVICES

Short Title

1. This tariff may be cited as the SOCAN-Re:Sound Pay Audio Services Tariff, 2013.

Definitions

2. In this tariff,

“distribution undertaking” means a distribution undertaking as defined in the Broadcasting Act, S.C. 1991, c. 11; (« entreprise de distribution »)

“premises” has the meaning attributed to it in section 2 of the Regulations, which reads:

“ ‘premises’ means

(a) a dwelling, including a single-unit residence or a single unit within a multiple-unit residence; or
(b) a room in a commercial or institutional building.” (« local »)

“programming undertaking” means a programming undertaking as defined in the Broadcasting Act, S.C. 1991, c. 11; (« entreprise de programmation »)

“service area” has the meaning attributed to it in section 2 of the Regulations, which reads:

“ ‘service area’ means an area in which premises served in accordance with the laws and regulations of Canada by a cable transmission system are located.”; (« zone de service »)

“signal” means a television or audio signal, other than a signal within the meaning of subsection 31(1) of the Act, retransmitted in accordance with subsection 31(2) of the Act; (« signal »)

“small cable transmission system” has the meaning attributed to it in sections 3 and 4 of the Regulations, which read:

(3) For the purpose of subsection (2), a cable transmission system is included in the same unit as one or more other cable transmission systems where

(a) they are owned or directly or indirectly controlled by the same person or group of persons; and
(b) their service areas are each less than 5 km distant, at some point, from at least one other among them, and those service areas would constitute a series of contiguous service areas, in a linear or non-linear configuration, were it not for that distance.

(4) Subsection (2) does not apply to a cable transmission system that was included in a unit on December 31, 1993.

4. The definition set out in subsection 3(1) does not include a cable transmission system that is a master antenna system located within the service area of another cable transmission system that transmits a signal, with or without a fee, to more than 2 000 premises in that service area;” (« petit système de transmission par fil »)

“year” means a calendar year. (« année »)

Application

3. (1) This tariff sets the royalties to be paid for the communication to the public by telecommunication of musical and dramatico-musical works in SOCAN’s repertoire, and of published sound recordings embodying musical works and performer’s performances of such works in Re:Sound’s repertoire, in connection with the transmission by a distribution undertaking of a pay audio signal for private or domestic use.

(2) This tariff does not apply to uses covered by other applicable tariffs, including SOCAN Tariffs 16, 18 or 22, and Re:Sound Tariff 3.

Royalties

4. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the royalties payable to SOCAN and Re:Sound respectively are 12.35 per cent and 5.85 per cent of the affiliation payments payable during a month by a distribution undertaking for the transmission for private or domestic use of a pay audio signal.

(2) The royalties payable to SOCAN and Re:Sound respect-ively are 6.175 per cent and 2.925 per cent of the affiliation payments payable during a year by a distribution undertaking for the transmission for private or domestic use of a pay audio signal, where the distribution undertaking is

(i) a small cable transmission system,
(ii) an unscrambled Low Power Television Station or Very Low Power Television Station (as defined in Sections E and G of Part IV of the Broadcast Procedures and Rules of Industry Canada effective April 1997), or
(iii) a system which performs a function comparable to that of a cable transmission system, which uses Hertzian waves to transmit the signals and which otherwise meets the defin-ition of “small transmission system.”

Dates of Payments

5. (1) Royalties payable pursuant to subsection 4(1) shall be due on the last day of the month following the month for which the royalties are being paid.

(2) Royalties payable pursuant to subsection 4(2) shall be due on January 31 of the year following the year for which the royalties are being paid.

Reporting Requirements

6. (1) A programming undertaking that makes a payment shall provide with its payment, for the relevant period and with respect to each distribution undertaking to which it supplied a pay audio signal,

(a) the name of the distribution undertaking;
(b) the list of pay audio signals the programming undertaking supplied to the distribution undertaking for transmission for private or domestic use; and
(c) the amount of the affiliation payments payable for the transmission for private or domestic use of these signals.

(2) A distribution undertaking that makes a payment shall provide with its payment, for the relevant period and with respect to each programming undertaking from which it purchased a signal,

(a) the name of the programming undertaking;
(b) the list of pay audio signals supplied to the distribution undertaking by the programming undertaking for transmission for private or domestic use; and
(c) the amount of the affiliation payments payable for the trans-mission for private or domestic use of these signals.

(3) The following information shall also be provided with respect to any system for which royalties are being paid pursuant to subsection 4(2):

(a) the number of premises served in the system on the last day of each month for which payment is being made;
(b) if the system is a master antenna system and is located within the service area of another cable transmission system, the name of that other system and a statement to the effect that the other system transmits a signal, with or without a fee, to not more than 2 000 premises in its service area; and
(c) if the system is included in a unit within the meaning of the Definition of “Small Cable Transmission System”Regulations,
1. (i) the date the system was included in the unit,
2. (ii) the names of all the systems included in the unit,
3. (iii) the names of the person or group of persons who own or who directly or indirectly control the systems included in the unit, and
  (iv) the nature of the control exercised by these persons.

Sound Recording Use Information

7. (1) A programming undertaking shall provide to both SOCAN and Re:Sound the sequential lists of all recordings played on each pay audio signal. Each entry list shall mention the title of the musical work, the name of the author or composer of the work, the name of the performers or of the performing group, the title of the record album and the record label.

(2) The information set out in subsection (1) shall be provided for a period of seven consecutive days for each month, no later than on the last day of the following month. It shall be provided in electronic format where available.

Records and Audits

8. (1) A programming undertaking shall keep and preserve, for a period of six months after the end of the month to which they relate, records from which the information set out in section 7 can be readily ascertained.

(2) Both the distribution undertaking and the programming undertaking shall keep and preserve, for a period of six years after the end of the year to which they relate, records from which a distribution undertaking’s affiliation payments to the programming undertaking can be readily ascertained.

(3) A collective society may audit these records at any time during the period set out in subsection (1) or (2), on reasonable notice and during normal business hours.

(4) The collective society shall, upon receipt, supply a copy of the report of the audit to the undertaking which was the object of the audit and to the other collective society.

(5) If an audit discloses that royalties due to the collective society have been understated in any month by more than 10 per cent, the undertaking which was the object of the audit shall pay the reasonable costs of the audit within 30 days of the demand for such payment.

Confidentiality

9. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a collective society shall treat in confidence information received pursuant to this tariff, unless the undertaking who supplied the information consents in writing to the information being treated otherwise.

(2) A collective society may share information referred to in subsection (1)

(i) with the other collective society,
(ii) with the Copyright Board,
(iii) in connection with proceedings before the Copyright Board, if the collective society has first provided a reasonable opportunity for the undertaking providing the information to request a confidentiality order,
(iv) to the extent required to effect the distribution of royalties, with any other collecting body or with its royalty claimants, or
(v) if required by law.

Adjustments

10. Adjustments in the amount of royalties owed (including excess payments), as a result of the discovery of an error or otherwise, shall be made on the date the next royalty payment is due.

Interest on Late Payments

11. 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.

Addresses for Notices, etc.

12. (1) Anything that an undertaking sends to SOCAN shall be sent to 41 Valleybrook Drive, Toronto, Ontario M3B 2S6, fax number: 416-445-7108, or to any other address or fax number of which the undertaking has been notified.

(2) Anything that an undertaking sends to Re:Sound shall be sent to 1235 Bay Street, Suite 910, Toronto, Ontario M5R 3K4, fax number: 416-962-7797, or to any other address or fax number of which the undertaking has been notified.

(3) Anything that a collective society sends to an undertaking shall be sent to the last address of which the collective has been notified.

Delivery of Notices and Payments

13. (1) A notice may be delivered by hand, by postage-paid mail or by fax.

(2) A notice or payment mailed in Canada shall be presumed to have been received three business days after the day it was mailed.

(3) A notice sent by fax shall be presumed to have been received the day it is transmitted.

TARIFF 2.A (COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS)

FORM A

CALCULATION OF LICENCE FEE FOR A MODIFIED BLANKET LICENCE (MBL)
FOR THE MONTH OF ________________

Payment on account of cleared programs

— to account for additional expenses incurred by SOCAN because of the availability of the MBL:
3% × 2.1% × gross income from all programs (A) ____________

— to account for the fact that stations that use the MBL pay royalties two months later than other stations:
1% × 2.1% × gross income from all programs (B) ____________

— to account for the use of ambient and production music in cleared programs:
5% × 2.1% × gross income from cleared programs (C) ____________

— to account for SOCAN’s general operating expenses:
2% × 95% × 2.1% × gross income from cleared programs (D) ____________

TOTAL of A + B + C + D: (E) ____________

Payment on account of programs other than cleared programs: — 2.1 % × gross income from all programs other than cleared programs (F) ____________

TOTAL LICENCE FEE FOR THE MONTH (E + F): (G) ____________

Please remit the amount set out in (G)

TARIFF 2.A (COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS)

FORM B

MUSIC REPORT FOR CLEARED PROGRAMS

Television Station: ____________________

Program Title and Episode Number: ____________________

Air Date: ____________________

Producer: ____________________

Gross Income from Program: ____________________

Please complete the following report for EVERY musical work included in the program. Please provide, for each musical work, a copy of any document on which you rely to conclude rights that the music is cleared music, or a reference to that document, if you provided it previously.

Item	Title	Use (Theme, Feature, Background)	Timing	COMPOSER		PUBLISHER		PERFORMER
Item	Title	Use (Theme, Feature, Background)	Timing	NAME	CLEARANCE (DIRECT, SOURCE, PUBLIC DOMAIN) (with reference to any supporting documents)	NAME	CLEARANCE (DIRECT, SOURCE, PUBLIC DOMAIN) (with reference to any supporting documents)	PERFORMER

Tariff No. 17

TRANSMISSION OF PAY, SPECIALTY AND OTHER TELEVISION SERVICES BY DISTRIBUTION UNDERTAKINGS

FORM A

CALCULATION OF LICENCE FEE FOR A STANDARD BLANKET LICENCE
FOR THE MONTH OF ________________

(Payment by the distribution undertaking)

Name of the distribution undertaking: ____________________

Name of the programming undertaking or signal on account of which the royalties are being paid (please provide one form per programming undertaking or signal):

(A) 2.1% × amount payable by the distribution undertaking for the right to carry the signal for the relevant month: ____________________

(B) 2.1% × number supplied by the programming undertaking pursuant to
paragraph 12(1)(a) of the tariff × number of premises or TVROs served by the
distribution undertaking and lawfully receiving the signal of the programming
undertaking on the last day of the relevant month: ____________________

Please remit the amount set out in (C)

NOTE: If the programming undertaking claims that it complies with subparagraph 8(2)(ii) of the tariff, the applicable royalty rate is 0.9%.

FORM B

CALCULATION OF LICENCE FEE FOR A STANDARD BLANKET LICENCE
FOR THE MONTH OF ____________________

(Payment by the distribution undertaking)

Name of the programming undertaking or signal: ____________________

List of the distribution undertakings on account of which royalties
are being paid: ____________________

(A) 2.1% × total amount payable by the relevant distribution undertakings for
the right to carry the signal of the programming undertaking for the relevant
month: ____________________

(B)

where

X is the gross income of the programming undertaking during the relevant month

Y is the total number of premises or TVROs served by the distribution undertakings and lawfully receiving the signal of the programming undertaking on the last day of the relevant month

Z is the total number of premises or TVROs (including those served by systems subject to section 4 of the tariff) lawfully receiving the signal of the programming undertaking on the last day of that month

Please remit the amount set out in (C)

NOTE: If the programming undertaking claims that it complies with subparagraph 8(2)(ii) of the tariff, the applicable royalty rate is 0.9%.

FORM C

CALCULATION OF LICENCE FEE FOR A MODIFIED BLANKET LICENCE (MBL)
FOR THE MONTH OF ________________

For the purposes of this form and for the month for which the royalties are being calculated,

“Affiliation payments” does not include payments made by systems subject to section 4 of the tariff (small systems).

“Total affiliation payments” means

(a) if a distribution undertaking fills the form, the affiliation payment payable by the distribution undertaking to the relevant programming undertaking for that month; and
(b) if a programming undertaking fills the form, the affiliation payments payable to the programming undertaking by all the distribution undertakings that carried its signal during that month.

“Affiliation payments from cleared programs” means the total affiliation payments multiplied by the percentage of total air time attributable to cleared programs in that month. (That figure is provided by the programming undertaking pursuant to paragraph 12(1)(b) of the tariff if a distribution undertaking fills the form.)

“Affiliation payments from programs other than cleared programs” means the difference between total affiliation payments and affiliation payments from cleared programs.

“Total gross income” means

(a) if a distribution undertaking fills the form, the number provided by the programming undertaking for that month pursuant to paragraph 12(1)(a) of the tariff multiplied by the number of premises or TVROs served by the distribution undertaking and lawfully receiving the signal of the programming undertaking on the last day of that month; and
(b) if a programming undertaking fills the form, the undertaking’s gross income for that month multiplied by the ratio of the total number of premises or TVROs (excluding those served by systems subject to section 4 of the tariff) lawfully receiving its signal on the last day of that month over the total number of premises or TVROs (including those served by systems subject to section 4 of the tariff) lawfully receiving its signal on the last day of that month.

“Gross income from cleared programs” means the total gross income multiplied by the percentage of gross income from cleared programs. (That figure is provided by the programming undertaking pursuant to paragraph 12(1)(b) of the tariff if a distribution undertaking fills the form.)

“Gross income from programs other than cleared programs” means the difference between total gross income and gross income from cleared programs.

If the distribution undertaking fills the form, one form must be completed with respect to each programming undertaking that has elected for the MBL that the distribution undertaking transmits in the relevant month. If the programming undertaking fills the form, only one form needs to be completed.

Payment on account of cleared programs

— to account for additional expenses incurred by SOCAN because of the availability of the MBL:
3% × 2.1% × (total gross income + total affiliation payments) (A) _____________

— to account for the use of ambient and production music in cleared programs:
5% × 2.1% × (gross income from cleared programs + affiliation payments from cleared programs) (B) _____________

— to account for SOCAN’s general operating expenses:
22% × 95% × 2.1% × (gross income from cleared programs + affiliation payments from cleared programs) (C) _____________

— TOTAL of A + B + C (D) _____________

Payment on account of all programs other than cleared programs

— 2.1% × (gross income from programs other than cleared programs + affiliation payments from programs other than cleared programs) (E) _____________

TOTAL LICENCE FEE FOR THE MONTH (D + E) (F) _____________

Please remit the amount set out in (F)

NOTE: If the programming undertaking claims that it complies with subparagraph 9(2)(ii) of the tariff, the applicable royalty rate is 0.9%.

FORM D

MUSIC REPORT FOR CLEARED PROGRAMS

Signal/Channel: ____________________

Program Title and Episode Number: ____________________

Air Date: ____________________

Producer: ____________________

Gross Income from Program: ____________________

Please complete the following report for EVERY musical work included in the program.

Please provide, for each musical work, a copy of any document on which you rely to conclude that the music is cleared music, or a reference to that document, if you provided it previously.

Item	Title	Use (Theme, Feature, Background)	Timing	COMPOSER		PUBLISHER		PERFORMER
Item	Title	Use (Theme, Feature, Background)	Timing	NAME	CLEARANCE (DIRECT, SOURCE, PUBLIC DOMAIN) (with reference to any supporting documents)	NAME	CLEARANCE (DIRECT, SOURCE, PUBLIC DOMAIN) (with reference to any supporting documents)	PERFORMER

Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 146, Number 22: SUPPLEMENT

COPYRIGHT BOARD

TARIFF OF ROYALTIES TO BE COLLECTED BY THE SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, AUTHORS AND MUSIC PUBLISHERS OF CANADA (SOCAN)

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Tariff No. 1

RADIO

Tariff No. 2

TELEVISION

Tariff No. 3

CABARETS, CAFES, CLUBS, COCKTAIL BARS, DINING ROOMS, LOUNGES, RESTAURANTS, ROADHOUSES, TAVERNS AND SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS

Tariff No. 4

LIVE PERFORMANCES AT CONCERT HALLS, THEATRES AND OTHER PLACES OF ENTERTAINMENT

Tariff No. 5

EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS

Tariff No. 6

MOTION PICTURE THEATRES

Tariff No. 7

SKATING RINKS

Tariff No. 8

RECEPTIONS, CONVENTIONS, ASSEMBLIES AND FASHION SHOWS

Tariff No. 9

SPORTS EVENTS

Tariff No. 10

PARKS, PARADES, STREETS AND OTHER PUBLIC AREAS

Tariff No. 11

CIRCUSES, ICE SHOWS, FIREWORKS DISPLAYS, SOUND AND LIGHT SHOWS AND SIMILAR EVENTS; COMEDY SHOWS AND MAGIC SHOWS

Tariff No. 12

THEME PARKS, ONTARIO PLACE CORPORATION AND SIMILAR OPERATIONS; PARAMOUNT CANADA’S WONDERLAND AND SIMILAR OPERATIONS

Tariff No. 13

PUBLIC CONVEYANCES

Tariff No. 14

PERFORMANCE OF AN INDIVIDUAL WORK

Tariff No. 15

BACKGROUND MUSIC IN ESTABLISHMENTS NOT COVERED BY TARIFF NO. 16

Tariff No. 16

BACKGROUND MUSIC SUPPLIERS

Tariff No. 17

TRANSMISSION OF PAY, SPECIALTY AND OTHER TELEVISION SERVICES BY DISTRIBUTION UNDERTAKINGS

Tariff No. 18

RECORDED MUSIC FOR DANCING

Tariff No. 19

FITNESS ACTIVITIES AND DANCE INSTRUCTION

Tariff No. 20

KARAOKE BARS AND SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS

Tariff No. 21

RECREATIONAL FACILITIES OPERATED BY A MUNICIPALITY, SCHOOL, COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY, AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OR SIMILAR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS

Tariff No. 22

INTERNET

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

INTERNET — OTHER USES OF MUSIC

Tariff No. 23

HOTEL AND MOTEL IN-ROOM SERVICES

Tariff No. 24

RINGTONES AND RINGBACKS

Tariff No. 25

SATELLITE RADIO SERVICES

PAY AUDIO SERVICES

TARIFF 2.A (COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS)

FORM A

TARIFF 2.A (COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS)

FORM B

MUSIC REPORT FOR CLEARED PROGRAMS

Tariff No. 17

TRANSMISSION OF PAY, SPECIALTY AND OTHER TELEVISION SERVICES BY DISTRIBUTION UNDERTAKINGS

FORM A

FORM B

CALCULATION OF LICENCE FEE FOR A STANDARD BLANKET LICENCE FOR THE MONTH OF ____________________

FORM C

FORM D

MUSIC REPORT FOR CLEARED PROGRAMS

CALCULATION OF LICENCE FEE FOR A STANDARD BLANKET LICENCE
FOR THE MONTH OF ____________________