TORONTO – Canadian songwriters, composers, publishers, labels and performers will now receive their royalties quicker with the arrival of Entandem, a new joint venture between rights management organization SOCAN and music licensing company Re:Sound.
Entandem brings the music licensing now managed separately by each organization into a single, jointly-operated business, allowing retailers, restaurants, nightclubs, fitness clubs and myriad other organizations that use music to complete their legally-required licenses in a single transaction.
After its launch this July, Entandem will administer the licensing process as RE:SOUND and SOCAN do today, bringing royalties to Canadian songwriters, composers, publishers, labels and performers. Music licenses will continue to be based on agreements with users or tariffs approved by the Copyright Board of Canada.
"Entandem is all about simplicity," said RE:SOUND president Ian MacKay, in the news release. "For most businesses that use music, a single licensing organization means a simplified experience, by interacting with one organization instead of two, with one payment for both RE:SOUND and SOCAN music licenses, and one point of contact to answer questions and resolve issues."
“RE:SOUND and SOCAN getting together for Entandem means a strengthened ability to reach more businesses that should be paying both music licenses that provide vital support to music creators, especially the emerging and middle-class ones”, added SOCAN CEO Eric Baptiste. “By making the process easier, we expect stronger engagement across the country and, with that, increased realization of earned royalties for Canada's songwriters, composers, publishers, labels and performers."
Entandem will be jointly owned and overseen by RE:SOUND and SOCAN, however, will operate separately from the parent organizations, under separate management, from locations in downtown Toronto and Montreal.
