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SOCAN and SODRAC integrate music rights management


MONTREAL and TORONTO — With its acquisition of SODRAC now closed, SOCAN announced Tuesday it will be able to offer music rights holders an integrated approach to managing both the performing rights and reproduction rights of composers, songwriters and music publishers.The combination of SOCAN (the Society of Composers, Authors & Music Publishers of Canada) and SODRAC (the Society for Reproduction Rights of Authors, Composers & Publishers in Canada) broadens the choices available, notably for music publishers and self-published writers, for the licensing of reproduction rights, SOCAN said in a news release.Once the full integration of the two organizations is complete,...