Campaigns, Comments and Updates
The following comments and updates are submitted on behalf of Music Creators North America (MCNA), an alliance of music creator organizations that represent the rights and interests of composers and songwriters in the United States and Canada.
Each of our member organizations is run exclusively by and for music creators. As such, MCNA is the pure voice of North American music creators and, through our global alliances, a half-million songwriters and composers throughout the world.
MCNA applauds congressional interest in balancing MLC board of directors
Hundreds of millions in songwriter and composer royalties at stake NEW YORK CITY, OCTOBER 2, 2023: The organizational members of the Music Creators North America…
> Read MoreIndependent music creator groups alert US congress to “black box” royalty issue
Music Creators North America has joined with MusicAnswers and eight other international music creator groups to alert the US Congress to the hundreds of millions…
> Read MoreMCNA submits comments on national priorities for Artificial Intelligence
Request for Information: National Priorities for Artificial Intelligence, US Office of Science and Technology Policy Comments of The Songwriters Guild of America, the Society of…
> Read MoreHero of the Song – A songwriter’s perspective on the 2023 Ed Sheeran case
The following article was written by MCNA president Eddie Schwartz , a multi-award winning songwriter and president of the International Council of Music Creators (CIAM).…
> Read MoreMCNA in Washington to discuss A.I. and the respect of music creator rights
Music Creators North America joined the Songwriters Guild of America and the Society of Composers & Lyricists were on Capitol Hill and at the US…
> Read MoreUpcoming Event: Symposium on protecting free speech in the global music landscape
On March 3, 2023, MCNA board member, Charles Sanders, will be co-hosting an important symposium on political violence against music creators. The event is presented…
> Read MoreMCNA submits comments urging CRB to to reconsider royalty rates for music streaming
MCNA has joined with the Songwriters Guild of America, Inc., the Society of Composers & Lyricists, and the individual music creators Rick Carnes and Ashley…
> Read MoreMusical culture and economics rest on both speech freedoms and copyright protections
New York, November 19, 2022: With the suppression of artistic freedoms on the rise throughout the world, it remains clear that many governments continue to…
> Read MoreFair Trade Music releases songwriters’ guide to the MLC unmatched royalties issue
Fair Trade Music International has released an educational video to help music creators understand and address the MLC unmatched royalty issue. In this two-minute animation,…
> Read MoreDigital Music News reports on CRB demands for transparency in streaming negotiations
Digital Music News has reported on detail within the Copyright Royalty Board’s recent decision to suspend procedures for adoption of statutory rates and terms until…
> Read MoreMCNA thanks US Copyright Royalty Board for its positive response to calls for transparency
Music Creators North America is elated that the US Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has today responded positively to the filings by songwriter George Johnson and…
> Read MoreMCNA requests settlement transparency in Phonorecords IV
Music Creators North America has written to to Chief Copyright Royalty Judges David Shaw, David R. Strickler and Steve Ruwe at the US Copyright Royalty…
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