Re-Sound and CPCC file tariffs with the Copyright Board of Canada whose responsibility is to certify tariffs proposed by collective societies.

The Copyright Board is an economic regulatory body empowered to establish, either by statute or at the request of an interested party, the royalties to be paid for the use of copyright works and other subject matter such as performers’ performances and sound recordings. The Board also has the right to supervise agreements between users and licensing bodies and issues licenses when the copyright owner cannot be located.

To learn about the various tariffs that are currently in place or tariffs that are being proposed go to www.cb-cda.gc.ca and you will find on the left hand side of the home page a section entitled tariffs. Click on it and it will display the Certified Tariffs – ones that are currently approved. You can also click on Proposed Tariffs to see tariffs that have been proposed but are not yet certified by the Board, as it has not made its ruling.

These are Re-Sound’s Certified Tariffs:

Tariff 1 A- Commercial Radio Stations – (over – the – air commercial stations)

Tariff 1 C – CBC Radio – (all over – the – air CBC and Radio – Canada radio services)

Tariff 2 – Pay Audio Services (e.g., audio music channels on cable systems)

Tariff 3 – Supply and Background Music (e.g., in restaurants and retail stores)

Tariff 4 – Satellite Radio (XM & Sirius)

More details about these tariffs can be found at www.resound.ca / www.resonne.ca (French website)