A full week of advocacy on behalf of music creators
Members of MCNA and our member organizations spent a a full week in New York recently to advocate for the rights and interests of songwriters…
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Independent songwriter groups meet with BMG music publishing
Representatives of the independent American and global music creator communities led by the Songwriters Guild of America, the Society of Composers & Lyricists, and Music…
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MCNA Joins expert panel at Music Biz 2022 event
Music Creators North America was honored this week to join newly appointed Copyright Claims Board officer, Monica McCabe, and copyright expert and panel moderator, Amy…
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Mechanical royalties: Footnote to a historic achievement
Our international partner, the International Council of Music Creators (CIAM) has released a summary of the recent achievements regarding the US Copyright Royalty Board and…
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Independent music creator groups will again speak out on new CRB Phonorecords IV royalty proposal
SGA, SCL & MCNA to review the new mechanical royalty rate settlement of the major labels and publishers, seeking to ensure that the music creator…
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MCNA launches initiative to amplify the voice of creators in future copyright royalty proceedings
Music Creators North America has announced an initiative aimed at amending the US Copyright Act to make it easier for interested music creator groups to…
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Tremendous victory for music creators as U.S. frozen mechanical rates are rejected
Music Creators North America is delighted and proud to report that the US Copyright Royalty Board has rejected the proposal by corporate giants in the…
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Copyright Office Issues Final Rule for Initiating Copyright Claims Board Proceedings and Related Procedures
Music Creators North America, together with the Songwriters Guild of America, the Society of Composers & Lyricists, the National Music Council of the United States…
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MCNA submits “letter in response” to US Copyright Royalty Board following motion from Spotify, Amazon and Pandora
Music Creators North America has again joined its member organizations in drafting a response to Chief Copyright Royalty Judges Suzanne Barnett, David R. Strickler and…
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Campaign for fairness in mechanical copyrights gathers momentum with further reporting
Further to the recent article in the Trichrodist, a second report on songwriter’s effort increase the fairness of mechanical copyright roaylties has appeared on the…
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