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Welcome to AVLA

AVLA Audio-Video Licensing Agency Inc. is a non-exclusive agency that provides licences on behalf of record companies and producers for the purpose of broadcasting or duplicating audio and video recordings in Canada.   More

AVLA's members are the owners or controllers in copyright of sound recordings and music videos (record companies)

AVLA's licenses have agreements with AVLA that permit them to:

• make copies of sound recordings owned by AVLA members for the purpose of entertainment to the public, lease copies of sound recordings to commercial subscribers and transmission sound recordings via webcast; and to
• make copies of music videos and perform music videos or for the purpose of entertainment to the public (broadcast) and lease copies of music videos to commercial subscribers.

Additional Information

AVLA Members

AVLA has over 400 members who own or control the copyright in over 95% of the sound recordings and music videos produced and/or distributed in Canada. More

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Neighbouring Rights/Private Copying
We pay out neighbouring rights and private copying revenue to our members for their eligible sound recordings. More

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