SOCAN is honoured to be the first performing rights organization to join the Music Fights Fraud Alliance (MFFA), an organization created to combat the streaming of fraudulent content, which decreases the total funds available to distribute to legitimate content.
This announcement coincides with the end of Fraud Prevention Month (March 2026) – designated by the Competition Bureau of Canada, the RCMP, and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre to bring attention to one of the fastest-growing crimes in Canada.
“SOCAN is pleased and proud to join the Music Fights Fraud Alliance,” said SOCAN CEO Jennifer Brown. “It’s important for SOCAN to co-ordinate efforts with like-minded organizations who prioritize building a fairer, more transparent digital music economy for our songwriter, composer, and music publisher members.”
In 2023, the music industry acknowledged that isolated efforts to combat streaming fraud were ineffective. Despite occasional success, working in silos allowed fraud – estimated to affect nearly 10 percent of all streams – to thrive, harming artists, fans, and the entire ecosystem. The Music Fights Fraud Alliance was formed to unite stakeholders across the industry in a co-ordinated fight against fraud. Now more than 20 members strong, including rights holders, platforms, distributors, and music organizations, the alliance is actively detecting, preventing, and mitigating fraud to build a fairer, more transparent digital music economy.
SOCAN has also maintained an internal working group to focus on repertoire fraud, as well as fraud detection, prevention, and response efforts. Working toward a zero-tolerance approach, we’ve identified instances of fraud, and prevented fraudulent earnings from being distributed.