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APPENDIX<br />

C<br />

Societe du Droit de<br />

Reproduction des Auteurs,<br />

Compositeurs et Editeurs au<br />

Canada (SODRAC)<br />

OFFICERS:<br />

Chairman:<br />

Paul Baillargeon<br />

General Manager:<br />

Alain Lauzon<br />

SODRAC collects reproduction<br />

rights for authors, composers and<br />

music publishers. In addition to<br />

issuing mechanical licenses for<br />

recordings, SODRAC also negotiates<br />

collective and individual<br />

licenses with different users of<br />

musical works.<br />

SODRAC grants a blanket<br />

license for broadcast mechanicals<br />

in return for a lump-sum payment<br />

it then redistributes to its members.<br />

Individual licenses are granted for<br />

the use of a work in films and television<br />

after consultation with the<br />

rights holders. SODRAC also<br />

administers the right of remuneration<br />

for eligible authors for private<br />

copying.<br />

SODRAC was founded in 1985<br />

by SPACQ (Société professionnelle<br />

des auteurs et des compositeurs<br />

du Québec), PROCAN (Performing<br />

Rights Organisation of Canada)<br />

and the French collective society<br />

SACEM (Société des auteurs, compositeurs<br />

et éditeurs de musique).<br />

Over 4,000 Canadian members<br />

and the repertoire of sixty-five<br />

countries are represented by<br />

SODRAC.<br />

SODRAC is a member of CISAC<br />

and BIEM.<br />

SODRAC<br />

759 Victoria Square<br />

Suite 420<br />

Montréal, Québec H2Y 2J7<br />

Tel: 514-845-3268<br />

Fax: 514-845-3401<br />

Website: www.sodrac.com<br />

E-mail: sodrac@sodrac.com<br />

Canadian Recording Industry<br />

Association (CRIA)<br />

OFFICERS:<br />

President:<br />

Brian Robertson<br />

CRIA is a non-profit trade organization<br />

founded in 1964 to represent<br />

the interests of Canadian companies<br />

that create, manufacture and<br />

market sound recordings.<br />

Membership is comprised of<br />

the major record companies, leading<br />

independent labels, and all<br />

manufacturers of compact discs<br />

and tapes. Together they represent<br />

over 95% of the sound recordings<br />

manufactured and sold in Canada.<br />

CRIA is governed by a Board of<br />

Directors elected annually by the<br />

membership from among the chief<br />

executive officers of member companies.<br />

The Board establishes policies<br />

and elects the officers of the<br />

Association.<br />

A number of CRIA's activities<br />

are administered by committees,<br />

comprised of specialists drawn<br />

from member companies,with outside<br />

specialists consulted where<br />

warranted. These committees<br />

include anti-piracy; manufacturing;<br />

marketing;copyright;retailer liaison;<br />

statistics; and e-commerce/Internet.<br />

CRIA<br />

890 Yonge Street, Ste 1200<br />

Toronto, ON M4W 3P4<br />

Tel: 416-967-7272<br />

Fax: 416-967-9415<br />

Website: www.cria.ca<br />

E-mail: info@cria.ca<br />

Songwriters Association of<br />

Canada (SAC)<br />

OFFICERS:<br />

President:<br />

Stan Meissner<br />

Vice Presidents:<br />

Rik Emmett, Blair Packham<br />

Established in 1983, the<br />

Songwriters Association of Canada<br />

(S.A.C.) is the only Canadian<br />

national arts service organization<br />

representing both professional and<br />

aspiring songwriters. The group’s<br />

mission is to protect and develop<br />

the creative and business environments<br />

for songwriters both within<br />

Canada and around the world.<br />

The S.A.C. is led by active professional<br />

and amateur songwriters,<br />

with an aim toward providing a<br />

unified voice in addressing concerns<br />

over copyright legislation<br />

and other rulings that affect the<br />

work of creators.<br />

To its members, the S.A.C. offers<br />

the country’s most thorough song<br />

registry service, The Song<br />

Depository; numerous showcases<br />

and educational workshops and<br />

services; and a quarterly publication,<br />

Songwriters Magazine.<br />

S.A.C.<br />

31 Madison Avenue, Suite 202<br />

Toronto, Ontario<br />

CANADA M5R 2S2<br />

Tel: (416) 961-1588; (800) 215-4814<br />

Fax: (416) 961-2040<br />

Website: www.songwriters.ca<br />

E-mail: sac@songwriters.ca<br />

<strong>NMPA</strong> INTERNATIONAL SURVEY TWELTH EDITION APPENDIX C: U.K., JAPAN, GERMANY, FRANCE, CANADA, ITALY AND SPAIN UPDATES<br />

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