text: SOCAN is an acronym, which stands for\n\nS        ociety \nO        f Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of\nCAN      ada.\n\nFrom their website (first link below):\n\n"SOCAN is an organization that administers in Canada the performing rights of virtually the world's entire repertoire of copyright-protected music. We distribute the fees collected as royalties to our members and affiliated performing rights organizations (PROs) worldwide. We ensure that music creators and publishers get paid for the public performance of their music in Canada. We do this by collecting licence fees from individuals, businesses and organizations that play music in public, broadcast it, or communicate it by telecommunication. We do what's right for music."\n\nSo they're basically like ASCAP or BMI in America, just for Canadian artists.\n\n\nhttp://www.socan.ca/\nhttp://www.calainc.org/socan.htm