Today, Music Canada has submitted an application to the Federal Appeal Court, requiring a vacation to intervene in a constant appeal to a decision on the basic contributions of CRTC, which imposed 5% of the fees on the main platforms of the streaming of music operating in Canada. In particular, we ask the court to consider direct investments in the services of streaming music in Canada among qualification contributions.
Throughout the long -term legislative process and the implementation of CRTC Online -broadcast act, Music Canada worked to help support this new regulatory framework and grow the commercial musical sector of Canada and creates new opportunities for Canadian and indigenous artists. Today's application for vacation continues these efforts.
As a voice of commercial music in Canada, we are concerned that the decision on the basic contribution of CRTC risks damaging the continuing and direct investment in the Canadian market of musical streaming and Canadian and indigenous artists. Supporting the success of Canadian and indigenous artists should be at the CRTC policy center, but his decision does not.
Canadian teams created Canadian teams and invested in programs and initiatives to promote music of Canadian and indigenous artists. These investments are important for assisting Canadian and indigenous artists to succeed and create an audience in a highly competitive stream market. But CRTC contributions risk the results contrary to the objectives of the update Broadcasting LawField
- When setting a 5% fee, CRTC did not take into account and did not recognize any investments made by the services of streaming music in Canada.
- Moreover, 30% of contributions to the platform will be leaned away from the musical industry to finance commercial radio newsAlthough the field support is a commendable goal, it should not come at the expense of artists who are already trying to compete in a highly competitive global musical market.
We sought to intervene because we believe that musical Canada has a unique position to share an important role with the court that these investments play in the Canadian commercial musical industry, and the artists will encounter if they are reduced or eliminated.
Music Canada will continue this work, since investment on Earth in the voices and history of Canadian and indigenous artists have never been more important.
