Theatre

^{SoQAD
SoQAD manages, negotiates, and grants licences for the right to perform the works of its members (Quebec and Canadian Francophone playwrights, librettists, adapters, and translators) in schools and in professional and amateur theatres. SoQAD is also responsible for use of theatrical works in multimedia products in the form of performances recorded on videotape of plays or musical comedies or in the form of excerpts of plays or musical comedies not published professionally.}
For more information or a licence request, contact Michel Beauchemin:
Tel.: (514) 596-3705
Web site: http://www.aqad.qc.ca

^{Arts and crafts}

^{For more information or a licence request, contact CMAC:
Tel.: (514) 287-7555
Web site: http://www.cmaq.qc.ca}

^{SOCAN
In Canada, SOCAN (Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada) manages public performance rights and communications rights via telecommunications in the name of authors, composers, and publishers of music for music played on radio and television and in discotheques, bars, restaurants, and all public venues. Management arises from general rates approved by the Copyright Commission for each category of user.}
For more information or a licence request, contact SOCAN:
Tel.: (514) 844-8377/(416) 445-8700
Web site: http://www.socan.ca

SODRAC
The right to reproduce musical works is managed by SODRAC (Society for Reproduction Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Canada Inc.).
SODRAC is a management company for reproduction rights representing the works of more than 4,000 Canadian authors, composers, and publishers and the repertoires of 65 countries. It negotiates collective and individual agreements with the users of works, including producers of records, music videos, and multimedia products, television broadcasters, and teaching institutions. It collects and distributes royalties to its Canadian members and to sister companies. It also represents visual artists.
For more information or a licence request, contact SODRAC:
Tel.: (514) 845-2368
Web site: http://www.sodrac.com

Art works (visual arts)

^SODRAC
SODRAC is a multi-disciplinary copyright collective. In the visual arts field, it manages the rights of over 12,000 Canadian and Foreign artists. It negotiates and grants licences in their names for the use of their artwork in various types of publications and productions, notably in multimedia productions. It handles request from users across Canada.

In order to consult the list of artists represented by SODRAC in Canada or to find out more on the procedure to follow in order to obtain copyright licensing for artistic works, please consult the "visual arts" section of our website at www.sodrac.com. You can also contact us directly either by phone at (514) 845-3268, by fax at (514) 845-3401 or via E-mail at sodrac@mlink.net

^{SARTEC
In Quebec, producers obtain an exclusive right to use the script according to the terms specified in the SARTEC (Société des Auteurs de Radio, Télévision et Cinéma) collective agreement.
For more information or a licence request, contact SARTEC:
Tel.: (514) 526-9196
Web site: http://www.microtec.net/sardec}

Literary works

^COPIBEC
COPIBEC, the Société québécoise de gestion collective des droits de reproduction, is a non-profit corporation composed of associations of people or legal entities of rightholders in the literary sector (books, newspapers, magazines and journals).

COPIBEC consists of two founding members, l’Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois (UNEQ) and the Association nationale des éditeurs de livres (ANEL), and of four " active members " being the Association des journalistes indépendants du Québec (AJIQ), the Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec (FPJQ), the Société de développement des périodiques culturels québécois (SODEP) and Quebec’s Dailies.

COPIBEC’s main duty is to manage the copyrights, in Quebec, of rightholders that have signed an agreement to this effect with COPIBEC; it acts therefore on behalf of thousands of Canadian publishers and writers. COPIBEC represents also rightholders of many foreign countries such as Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States thanks to bilateral agreements reached with other collective agencies. COPIBEC is also a member of the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO).

More specifically, COPIBEC grants licensed users of copyright protected works the necessary authorisation to reproduce experts of books, newspapers, magazines and journals in its Repertoire. Most licenses conferred by COPIBEC are for the reproduction of literary works on paper support, expressly for photocopying. However, the organisation may also authorise users to reproduce literary works on alternative supports, including Braille, large characters, etc. and on electronic mediums such as Intranet, Internet and CD-ROM.

To obtain a reproduction license

Any users wishing to reproduce one or many experts of published literary works (books, newspapers, magazines or journals) must contact COPIBEC to obtain a reproduction license. Users should forward the complete bibliographical reference of the experts chosen (title, author, publisher, date and place of publication). COPIBEC will then inform the user of the clauses of the license (length of the expert, duration of the license, etc.) and of the royalty fees established for the copying of the works. In the case where the work chosen is not in its Repertoire or when the reproduction can not be granted, COPIBEC sees to contact the rightholders in order to obtain the required authorisation.
For further information or to obtain the authorisation to reproduce experts of books, newspapers, magazines or journals, please contact COPIBEC.

1290, Saint-Denis Street 7^th floor
Montréal (Québec), H2X 3J7
Phone: (514) 288-1664 or 1-800-717-2022
Fax : (514) 288-1669
E-mail : info@COPIBEC.qc.ca
Internet : http://www.copibec.qc.ca