The Copyright Board of Canada is an economic regulatory body empowered to establish, either mandatorily or at the request of an interested party, the royalties to be paid for the use of copyrighted works, when the administration of such copyright is entrusted to a collective-administration society. The Board also has the right to supervise agreements between users and licensing bodies and issues licenses when the copyright owner cannot be located.
Published in Part 1 of the Canada Gazette on May 13, 2017 the Copyright Board proposes to collect levies on blank audio recording media effective of 1 January 2018 for the year 2018 and 2019 on the sale in Canada.
Your comments and input be provided by July 12, 2017 to:
Gilles McDougall
Secretary General
56 Sparks Street, Suite 800
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0C9
613-952-8624 (telephone)
613-952-8630 (fax)
Email: gilles.mcdougall@cb-cda.gc.ca
A blank audio recording medium means a recording medium, regardless of its material form, onto which a sound recording may be reproduced, that is of a kind ordinarily used by individual consumers for that purpose and on which no sounds have ever been fixed, including recordable compact discs (CD-R, CD-RW, CD-R Audio, CD-RW Audio) and any medium prescribed by regulations pursuant to sections 79 and 87 of the Act.
Every manufacturer or importer is required to report and also provide to the Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC) payment information. The manufacturer or importer is also required to maintain records for a period of six years.
To learn more view the Guide to Copyright, FAQ’s and more on Copyright Board of Canada website.