COPYRIGHT BOARDPROPOSED TARIFF
Filed with the Copyright Board by SOCAN on 2024-10-15 pursuant to subsection 67(1) of the Copyright Act
Proposed Tariff Title: SOCAN Tariff 2.C – Television –- Société de télédiffusion du Québec (2018-20222026-2028)
Citation: 2020 CB 007-T See also: SOCAN Tariff 2.C (2018-2022), 2020 CB 007
Published pursuant to section 70.1 of the Copyright Act Lara Taylor Secretary General 613-952-8621 (telephone) registry-greffe@cb-cda.gc.ca (email)
For the communication to the public by telecommunication of musical or dramatico-musical works.
Effective Period: 2026-01-01 – 2028-12-31
SOCAN TARIFF 2.C – TELEVISION – SOCIÉTÉ- SOCIÉTÉ DE TÉLÉDIFFUSION DU QUÉBEC (2018-2022TÉLÉDIFFUSION DU QUÉBEC (2026-2028)
General Provisions All amounts payable under this tariff are exclusive of any federal, provincial or other governmental taxes or levies of any kind.
As used in this tariff, 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, including the right to make works available to the public by telecommunication in a way that allows a member of the public to have access to them from a place and at a time individually chosen by that member of the public.
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 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.
1 Published by the Copyright Board of Canada, pursuant to subsection 17(2) of the Copyright Board Rules of Practice and Procedure, on November 15, 2024.
Tariff Tariff Proposed statement 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 communicatecommunication to the public by telecommunication, in Canada, of musical or dramatico-musical works forming part of its repertoire including the right to make, which, where applicable, includes the making available of such works available to the public by telecommunication in a way that allows a member of the public to have access to them from a place and at a time individually chosen by that member of the public.
For a licence Royalties To communicate to performthe public by telecommunication, at any time and as often as desired in the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 20222026 to 2028, 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, mobile phones, iPad) operated by the STQ, i.e. uses that would otherwise be the subject of SOCAN Tariff 22.E,
the annual fee is $216,000334,602.95, payable in equal quarterly instalments on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 15 of the year covered by the licencetariff.
Tariff 2.C does not apply to the use of music covered under SOCAN Tariff 17 (Pay, Specialty and Other Television Services).
This tariff applies only to stations, websites or technological platforms operated by the STQ and no other distribution undertaking or programming undertaking.
Terms and Conditions All amounts payable under this tariff are exclusive of any federal, provincial or other governmental taxes or levies of any kind.
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 cent1% above the
2 Published by the Copyright Board of Canada, pursuant to subsection 17(2) of the Copyright Board Rules of Practice and Procedure, on November 15, 2024.
Bank Rate effective on the last day of the previous month (as published by the Bank of Canada). Interest shall not compound.
3 Publis hed by the Copyright Board of Canada, pursuant to subsection 17(2) of the Copyright Board Rules of Practice and Procedure, on November 15, 2024.