SOCAN Appears Before Supreme Court on Music Copyright

SOCAN is appearing before the Supreme Court of Canada today and tomorrow to represent the interests of its members, Canadian music creators and publishers, in three copyright cases related to the use of music on the internet by large telecommunications and broadcasting corporations.

SOCAN will appear before Canada’s highest court on behalf of the more than three million music creators and publishers it represents in Canada to support the decision made by the Copyright Board of Canada and confirmed by the Federal Court of Appeal to licence the use of music on the internet by several of these multi-billion dollar corporations, including Rogers, Bell, Telus, Apple, and Shaw.

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