The CPCC’s mandate includes advocating on behalf of recording artists, songwriters, publishers and record labels for their rights as they pertain to private copying.
The private copying levy was first established by the Federal Government in 1997. Currently the private copying levy applies to CD-Rs at a rate of .29 cents per CD-R. But we all recognize that today most people make copies of music on their cell phones and tablets. And music creators are NOT being compensated when copies of their music are being made onto these types of devices.
Revenue from the private copying levy is rapidly declining as consumers embrace new technologies for making private copies of music. The CPCC, along with its member collective organizations, has been strongly advocating for changes to the Copyright Act and lobbying the government to ensure that music rights holders’ interests are being represented. The Copyright Act must be brought into the modern age, by extending the private copying levy to the current technologies that people are using to make private copies of music.
Recent Activity
- On August 2, 2024, CPCC published its Written Submission for the FINA Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of Budget 2025
- On April 17, 2024, CPCC published its Response to the 2024 Federal Budget
- On February 9, 2024, CPCC submitted its Written Submission for the Department of Finance Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of Budget 2024
- On August 4, 2023, CPCC submitted its Written Submission for the FINA Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of Budget 2024
- On March 30, 2023, CPCC published its Response to the 2023 Federal Budget
- On February 10, 2023, CPCC submitted its Written Submission for the Department of Finance Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of Budget 2023
- On October 8, 2022, CPCC submitted its Written Submission for the FINA Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of Budget 2023
- On February 25, 2022, CPCC submitted its CPCC Submission in Advance of Upcoming Federal Budget 2022 – Feb 25 2022.
- On August 6, 2021, CPCC submitted its CPCC Submission in Advance of Upcoming Federal Budget 2022 to the Committee on Finance.
- On May 31, 2021, CPCC made a written submission to the targeted consultations on Online Intermediaries.
- On February 19, 2021, CPCC submitted its Written Submission for the Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the Upcoming Federal Budget 2021.
- On August 7, 2020, CPCC submitted its Written Submission for the Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the Upcoming Federal Budget
- On July 7, 2020, a letter signed by CPCC and 19 organizations was sent to Ministers Guilbeault and Bains urging them to amend the Copyright Act, as in the medium-to-long-term, a technologically-neutral private copying regime can play a role in the sector’s economic recovery.
- On June 3, 2020, CPCC’s Executive Director Lisa Freeman appeared on Offkey, a podcast by membranlabs: “Private Copying Royalties in Canada”
- On May 14, 2020, CPCC’s Executive Director Lisa Freeman appeared as a guest on episode 367 of the Canadian Musician podcast: “Are Musicians Being Denied Earned Income from Private Copying?”
- The Songwriters Association of Canada has been encouraging supporters to sign and send pre-printed postcards addressed to the Clerk and Members of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology asking for the Copyright Act to be amended “to ensure private copying levies are payable on the devices Canadians use today and in the future to make private copies.” Contact the Songwriters Association of Canada for more information or to participate in the campaign.
- No interim Fund was included in the 2019 Budget, so CPCC has again submitted its recommendations for consideration in the 2020 Federal Budget.
- As a Fund was not included in the 2018 Budget, CPCC submitted its recommendations to the Standing Committee on Finance for Budget 2019, which resulted in a recommendation from the all-party Committee to “Work with the Canadian Private Copying Collective to examine both an interim and permanent solution to ensure rights holders continue to receive compensation for unlicensed private copies made of their music.”
- CPCC representatives appeared before the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology on Thursday, June 14, 2018. You can read a copy of our full remarks or watch the appearance on ParlVU. You can also read a copy of our written submission to the Committee (as translated by the committee).
- CPCC representatives appeared before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on May 29, 2018. You can read a copy of our full remarks or listen to the appearance on ParlVU. You can also read a copy of our written submission to the Committee (as translated by the committee).In January 2018 a letter signed by 15 organizations was sent to Ministers Morneau and Joly urging them to include an interim Private Copying Compensation Fund in the 2018 Federal Budget
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