Ian MacKay

Re:Sound Posts Big Foreign Income Increase

October 28, 2019

by David Farrell

Canadian copyright collective Re:Sound posted a record $50.6-million in revenue in 2018 with distribution to rights holders totaling $43.8-million,

Ian MacKay Takes His Final Bow Leading Re:Sound At Year's End

September 9, 2019

by External Source

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After 10 years of leading licensing collective Re:Sound: Music, its president, Ian MacKay, has announced he will be leaving the organisation at the

(L-R) - Nam Kiwanuka, Loreena McKennitt, Dr. George Barker, Maia Davies, Ian MacKay (photo: Guntar Kravis)

Music Canada AGM: MacKay Says Copyright Act Exemptions Cost Creators $100M a Year

October 19, 2018

by Nick Krewen

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While Re:Sound president Ian MacKay says that eliminating Canadian Copyright Act exemptions would return $100M to creators and labels, songwriter Maia Davies says a friend of hers who wrote three Drake tracks can't afford to pay his rent because the songs weren't singles.

Re:Sound Fights For Musicians' Rights And Payments

February 5, 2018

by David Farrell

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Led by President Ian MacKay, the rights org has a team of committed people working incredibly hard to improve the lot of musicians, record labels large and small and fighting the good fight on their behalf.