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North America

FTMI joins NYS legal panel on foreign music publishing and neighboring rights

04 Nov 2024

On Friday 1 November, FTMI advisory board member, Charlie Sanders, participated in New York State Bar Association’s panel on foreign music publishing and neighboring rights. Representing FTMI, the Songwriters Guild of America and Music Creators North America, Charlie was joined by…

FTMI partners express support for MLC improvement comments

03 Sep 2024

Coalition of independent US and global songwriters and composers expresses thanks and support to representative Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI) for his letter urging improvements to the US Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) September 3, 2024, Washington, DC : The Songwriters Guild of…

Upcoming S.A.C. educational seminar explains “Who Gets What”

29 Aug 2024

Our colleagues at the Songwriters Association of Canada are holding a seminar on music creator remuneration on the 18 September. Enrollment is free to S.A.C. members but the session is also open to non-members for a small ticket fee. The…

Grammy-winning songwriter Tiffany Red on the battle for equitable publishing

21 Feb 2024

“There are people with Grammys and plaques that can’t pay their rent … it means nothing.” In a video released on 19 February, Grammy-winning songwriter Tiffany Red laid out yet another challenge facing independent music creators today. During the 15…

Canadian government urged to protect music creators when regulating AI

15 Dec 2023

Our colleagues at the Songwriters Association of Canada (S.A.C.) and the Screen Composers Guild of Canada (SCGC) have joined other signatories in urging the Canadian Government to adopt principles that prioritize the rights of music creators when regulating AI. These…

FTMI Partners submit Generative AI comments to US Copyright Office

07 Dec 2023

North American music creators have submitted comments to the United States Copyright Office regarding its latest discussion on Generative Artificial Intelligence. The comments were made by FTMI partner organizations Music Creators North America (MCNA), the Songwriters Guild of America (SGA)…

MCNA applauds congressional interest in balancing MLC board of directors

02 Oct 2023

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 (MCNA) alliance, including the Songwriters Guild of America (SGA), the Society of Composers & Lyricists…

SCGC shares member survey results in new advocacy brochure

07 Sep 2023

Our colleagues at the Screen Composers Guild of Canada (SCGC) recently conducted a survey of its membership to understand the real issues being faced by the Canadian screen composing community. More than 100 members took the time to complete this…

NMC Statement on the burning of musical instruments in Afghanistan

06 Aug 2023

Our colleagues at the National Music Council of the United States recently released the following statement. It follows BBC news reports of the Taliban burning musical instruments after claiming music “causes moral corruption”. We believe that the freedom to create…

Independent music creator groups alert US congress to “black box” royalty issue

18 Jul 2023

Fair Trade Music International has joined with MusicAnswers and eight other international music creator groups to alert the US Congress to the hundreds of millions of dollars in the The Mechanical Licensing Collective’s “Black Box”. Most of this was earned…