International Revenue from Affiliated

SOCAN Live Music Royalties

Societies 2003 ($000)

Although Canada has no central data

Italy 2,005

Germany 2,464

source for live music attendance, a consis 

Netherlands 

UK 4,572

1,311

tent rise in royalties from live concert

venues since 1999 gives a sense of the

vitality of the live music scene in Canada.

France 

8,917

Other 8,778

SOCAN levies a 3% tariff on popular

music concerts, and year on year growth

of these license fees has been in the

USA 19,265 

double digits. The largest increase occurred

in 2003, as fees paid by concert halls,

Total 47,312

bars and other live music establishments

grew more than 23.3%, from $7.4 million

Source: SOCAN

in 2002 to almost $9.1 million last year.

According to research group MHL

Communications, however, the SOCAN

SOCAN License Fees Paid 

figures only show part of the story. While

by Concert Pool ($000)

SOCAN collects international performing

10,000

rights royalties for its members, many

8,000

Canadian music publishers collect their

9,068

share of royalties from their representatives

6,000

7,357

6,606

(agents, affiliated publishers, etc.) in 

6,005

4,000

5,189

foreign territories. On this basis, MHL

calculates total international royalties to 

2,000

be as high as $72.0 million, 57.0% higher

0

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

than in 2001 and much higher than

domestic royalties. 

Source: SOCAN

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