What are neighboring/performer rights ?
When a musical production is played on the radio, TV or performed in public (for instance in bars, restaurants or shops) a royalty, or remuneration is due to both :
PERFORMER
Singers, actors, instrumentalists, studio producers (when they play on the recording)
MASTER OWNER
In general a record label. The master owner of a recording.
The revenue sources of neighboring rights are diverse :
Starting from income arising from radio or TV broadcasts, remuneration collected for public performances (for example in bars or cafés), lending rights, all the way to the private copy levies for the sale of storage devices.
Collecting societies
How do collecting societies work ?
In general, there is one collecting society per country.
They collect and manage the generated revenue.
They calculate the amount of revenue to pay to the right owner based on the amount of broadcasts which have been previously reported by the different broadcasters.
They split the revenue between the master owner (50%) and the performer (50%). The performer’s share is then split between a “featured” artist share and a “non featured” artist share. Each of these shares are further split based on the local rules applied by each of the collecting societies.
To receive such a revenue, the right owner must provide to the collecting society:
Her/His metadata
Proof of her/his participation on a recording when she/he’s a performer (role, instrument) or
the licence contract when she/he is the master owner.
Our work
We help music performers and producers to collect their neighboring rights worldwide. We handle the whole process : from the registration, declaration of repertoires/ catalogues in collecting societies to the payment of revenues.
COLLECTING TERRITORIES
PERFORMERS
Austria LSG
Australia PPCA
Belgium PLAYRIGHT
Brazil ABRAMUS
Bulgaria PROPHON
Canada ARTISTI/ MROC
Croatia HUZIP
Czech Republic INTERGRAM
Denmark GRAMEX
Finland GRAMEX
France ADAMI/SPEDIDAM
Germany GVL
Hungary EJI
Ireland RAAP
Italy NUOVO IMAIE / ITSRIGHT
Japan CPRA
Lithuania AGATA
Netherlands SENA/NORMA
Norway GRAMO
Poland STOART
Portugal GDA
Romania CREDIDAM
Slovakia SLOVGRAM
Slovenia IPF ZAVOD
Spain AIE
Sweden SAMI
Switzerland SWISSPERFORM
South Africa SAMPRA
UK PPL
USA SOUND EXCHANGE / AFM ACTRA / AARC
