A new voice

We are a growing coalition of Canadian music creators who share the common goal of having our voices heard about the laws and policies that affect our livelihoods. We are the people who actually create Canadian music. Without us, there would be no music for copyright laws to protect.

Until now, a group of multinational record labels has done most of the talking about what Canadian artists need out of copyright. Record companies and music publishers are not our enemies, but let's be clear: lobbyists for major labels are looking out for their shareholders, and seldom speak for Canadian artists. Legislative proposals that would facilitate lawsuits against our fans or increase the labels' control over the enjoyment of music are made not in our names, but on behalf of the labels' foreign parent companies.


Featured News
February 4, 2009

CMCC Congratulates its 2009 Juno Award Nominees

Another year, another list of CMCC members nominated for Juno Awards.  This year, four members of the Canadian Music Creators Coalition have been nominated for a total of eight Junos including Sam Roberts (for Artist of the Year, Rock Album of the Year for Love at the End of the World, and two Video of the Year nominations: for Detroit ‘67 and Them Kids); Feist (who is nominated for the Juno Fan Choice Award and Video of the Year for Honey Honey) Sloan (Rock Album of the Year for Parallel Play) and The Barenaked Ladies (Children’s Album of the Year for Snacktime!).

Congratulations to all the nominated artists who show that commercial success and an interest in artist self-representation can, and do, go hand in hand.

December 10, 2008

CMCC’s Safwan Javed Tells It Like It Is in Michael Geist film, Why Copyright