Music Creators North America (MCNA) is an alliance of independent songwriter and composer organizations who advocate for, and educate on behalf of North America’s music creator community. In addition, as a member organization of the International Council of Music Creators (CIAM), the MCNA works with sister alliances in Europe, Latin and South America, Asia and Africa to further the interests of music creators throughout the world.
We Speak For Ourselves
Music Creators North America (MCNA) is an alliance of independent songwriter and composer organizations who advocate for, and educate on behalf of North America’s music creator community. In addition, as a member organization of the International Council of Music Creators (CIAM), the MCNA works with sister alliances in Europe, Latin and South America, Asia and Africa to further the interests of music creators throughout the world.
MCNA is the only united, internationally-recognized voice of American and Canadian songwriters and composers. Each of our member organizations is run exclusively by songwriters and composers. MCNA stands with over a half-million songwriters, composers and artists in Africa, Asia, Latin and South America and Europe through our membership in CIAM.
It is our collective work that forms the very foundation of the industry that derives its name from what we create: music.
Others may claim to speak on our behalf, but when it comes to discussions critical to the future and well-being of music creators, please keep one simple fact in mind: We speak for ourselves.
Member Organizations
Updates
Independent Music Creator Organizations Look Forward to Working with Copyright Office in Protecting Songwriter and Composer Rights July 8, 2019, New York City – The Songwriters Guild of America, Inc. (SGA), the nation’s largest and longest established advocacy organization run solely by and for music creators, has announced its support for the strict oversight approach…
March 27, 2019. Los Angeles, Nashville, New York and Toronto: The member organizations of Music Creators North America (MCNA) are both elated and proud over the passage yesterday by the European Parliament of the Copyright in the Single Digital Market Directive. The global songwriter and composer community came together in support of this landmark directive…
On Saturday 16 February in Montreal, MCNA Executive Committee member, Greg Johnston will join Martine Groulx of the SOCAN Foundation at the 2019 Folk Alliance International Conference. They will be participating on a panel titled “Fair Pay for Creators: International Solutions” and will discuss how creators can work together to identify, advocate for, and protect creator’s…
With the enactment of the DMCA in 1998, Section 512 of the US Copyright Act established what legislators refer to as a “safe harbor” to protect basic Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from copyright infringement liability. At that time, the safe harbor exemption was adopted on the theory that ISPs merely provided access for Internet traffic…
Dear Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Hesse: The following comments are submitted by Music Creators North America, Inc. on behalf of a global coalition of half a million songwriters and composers from the United States, Canada and our global sister organizations, in response to the request from your Division for reaction to its oral report…
July 7, 2016, Washington, DC: Following two, hour-‐long telephonic briefings on July 5 and 7, 2016 by the US Department of Justice, a large international coalition of songwriters and composers is expressing bafflement and frustration over the DOJ’s apparent decision to leave unchanged the antiquated, WWII-‐era ASCAP and BMI consent decrees. After the briefings, the…
To the Chief of the Litigation III Section: On behalf of the Alliance of undersigned independent songwriter and composer organizations (many of whom participated in the April 14, 2015 meeting in Washington, DC with the US Department of Justice), and further to more recent correspondence sent by the Alliance to the DOJ beginning with our…
Fair Trade Music International is an independent not-for-profit organization launched by thousands of music creators from around the world. We have developed Fair Trade Music Certification in order to draw attention to and reward equitable music business practices and help bring about an ethical, sustainable and transparent music economy. In addition to being fair for…