PERFORMING RIGHTS

What are Performing Rights?

Why SOCAN

What Are Performing Rights?

Get Paid When Your Music is Played. Every time your music is played in public (tv, radio, digital, streaming, background music, live, etc.) whether by you or someone else, you have earned royalties. Performing rights are your right to get paid for the public performance of your work.

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As a rightsholder you can also assign your reproduction rights. Learn more about Reproduction Rights.

Why SOCAN?

Integrated music rights management

We collect and distribute performing and reproduction royalties for virtually every public music use or reproduction in Canada, and beyond. Both rights with SOCAN will simplify your business.

Global possibilities

We have reciprocal agreements with over 100 copyright collectives in over 210 territories around the world to collect your international royalties.

Advocacy

We champion the legal, fair, and ethical use of our members’ music, and advocate fiercely for the rights and livelihoods of music creators and their publishers. We actively engage with the federal government to ensure the most favourable conditions for our members, with a strong focus on securing fair compensation for the use of their work.

Education and resources

You have access to career and craft development content, as well as SOCA’s membership and Creative experts to answer all your questions.

Member portal

You have 24/7 access to your secure SOCAN member portal where you can view and modify your works, shares, and view drill-down information on individual revenue streams. If you are signed up for both performing rights and reproduction rights, the member portal allows for unified reports and payments to simplify your reporting and royalty workflows.

One time registration

When you register your works with SOCAN, there’s no need to register them again when you opt into reproduction rights.