Etiket: royalties
United States | Spotify sued for unpaid royalties by rights collection organization
(New York) Spotify has been taken to American federal justice by the organization responsible for collecting music rights from streaming platforms, which accuses it of having unilaterally reduced the royalties…
funeral directors worried about having to pay royalties to Sacem
On Wednesday January 31, the Paris judicial court ordered a funeral home to pay royalties to Sacem for the broadcast of music during funerals. Published on 03/02/2024 16:17 Reading time:…
Royalties from Google: Minister St-Onge must say no to Radio-Canada
After Meta’s refusal, the federal government will at least have succeeded in signing a agreement with Google. A step in the right direction, but it must be admitted that Minister…
Agreement between Ottawa and Google | No royalties and withdrawal from the advertising market for Radio-Canada, demands Lacombe
(Quebec) The Legault government is asking Ottawa to exclude CBC/Radio-Canada from the royalties that Google will pay to Canadian media in accordance with the agreement reached with the federal government…
Media crisis Radio-Canada affects Google royalties
(Quebec) The Legault government is asking Ottawa to exclude CBC – Radio-Canada from the royalties that Google will pay to Canadian media thanks to the agreement reached with the federal…
The mining industry paid nearly $1 billion in royalties to Quebec in 2021
This text is part of the special section Mines and natural resources Mining drives the economy of several regions, such as Abitibi-Témiscamingue, thea Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec, in addition to greatly…
Quebec intends to increase water royalties tenfold to create the Blue Fund
Private companies that pump fresh water from Quebec’s lakes and rivers may soon have to pay royalties ten times higher. These new revenues would support the creation of the new…
Mining royalties at record high
The mines brought in almost 1 billion to the Quebec Treasury in 2021, a year marked by the vertiginous rise in the price of iron. Posted yesterday at 4:37 p.m.…
Development royalties and intergenerational inequity
In response to Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin’s column on city development fees, “A fee of $5,000 per door? It is not enough ! “, published on February 17 Posted at 12:00 p.m.…
Royalties on new dwellings in Terrebonne | A permit goes from $5,000 to $35,000
Like Brossard, Terrebonne will soon tax new housing. An investor found out the hard way. The amount to be paid to obtain a building permit will increase from $5,000 to…
Class action lawsuit against SOCAN over ‘unfair’ radio royalties
As expected, a class action lawsuit was filed Wednesday against the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN). The federal body is accused by many Quebec artists…
Unpaid royalties | French-speaking songwriters claim 2 million from SOCAN
“It’s like your employer saying to you, ‘Sorry, I made a mistake and I gave more to the gang in the warehouse than to the gang in the office…’ OK,…
Unpaid royalties | Quebec songwriters claim 2 million from SOCAN
Quebec songwriters are claiming $2 million in unpaid royalties from the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) over an 18-month period between 2019 and 2021. Posted…
Planned reform of the Copyright Act | An artist would get royalties in case of resale of one of his works
(Ottawa) An artist could receive royalties if one of his works is resold, according to a planned reform of the copyright law. Posted at 1:10 p.m. Mary Woolf The Canadian…
Copyright | Supreme Court ends double royalties to online music creators
(Ottawa) The Supreme Court of Canada rules that songwriters are entitled to one royalty, not two, when their works are offered online for users to download or listen to online.…
Supreme Court ends double royalties to online music creators
The Supreme Court of Canada says that songwriters are entitled to one royalty, not two, when their works are offered online for users to download or listen to online. This…
Record music royalties, but how much for Quebecers?
Some players in the music industry in Canada have managed to earn more in the past year than before the pandemic. An increase in income that is explained by the…
Royalties in Canada | Musicians earned $67 on average
(OTTAWA) Musicians who write their own material earned an average of just $67 last year in royalties from streaming services in Canada, the body that represents Canadian songwriters reveals. Posted…
Energy and resources | Mines paid nearly $632 million in royalties to Quebec
The mines brought in $631.7 million to the Quebec treasury in royalties in 2020, a high since 2014, when data by mine became public. In one year, the increase in…