Artists benefit from what we call a neighbouring right, which is the communication of the works over the air, so the performance, by radio stations. That's one way—for the activity of performing the music.
There's a second activity that the Copyright Board has deemed has its own value. That is the act of copying the music so it can go over the airwaves.
In the case of AVLA, we represent over 1,000 members, many of whom are actually self-produced artists. They are artists who own their own masters. If you are looking at someone like Randy Bachman, Hawksley Workman, or Metric, they get reimbursed as artists by virtue of the ephemeral right as well.