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If you\u2019re an artist, record label or publisher who produces
\ngood music, you\u2019ll probably be popular in more than one country. But when your
\nmusic is played in other countries, how do you collect your royalties? Your national
\ncollecting society has probably made arrangements to do this, but are these
\nactually fair?<\/i>\n<\/p>\n
What is a collecting society? <\/b>\n<\/p>\n
Collecting royalties and arranging for music to be licensed What are the different types of royalties? <\/b>\n<\/p>\n When an artist writes a song, they automatically have How does a collecting society split royalties? <\/b>\n<\/p>\n People who want to use music for commercial reasons – such How are my royalties collected when my music is played in National collecting societies such as PRS, BMI and SIAE only What happens to my foreign royalties before they get to me? Collecting soceites in other countries use the same kind of Your own national collecting society receives the money, and Why is Soundreef different? We collect royalties in exactly the same way everywhere – Our technology allows us to track every time one of our Why can\u2019t my national collecting society distribute royalties more fairly?<\/span> Collecting societies\u2019 methods aren\u2019t intentionally unfair – Collecting societies aren\u2019t paying you the money you deserve for certain types If you\u2019re an artist, record label or publisher who produces good music, you\u2019ll probably be popular in more than one country. But when your music is played in other countries, how do you collect your royalties? Your national collecting society has probably made arrangements to do this, but are these actually fair? What is a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[56],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\ninvolves a lot of administration and specialist knowledge – in any country. For
\nthis reason, record labels, artists and publishers ask collecting societies to
\norganise this for them. For more about collecting societies, see our previous blog post<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n
\ncertain rights in relation to it, but the royalties they get paid when the
\nmusic is played can depend on, for example, who paid for the recording, and
\nwhether the song is played on TV or as background music for a shop. For more
\nabout different types of royalties, see our previous blog post<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n
\nas on the internet, as background music for shops or in other public
\nspaces, or on the radio – pay collecting societies a licence fee, so that
\nartists will be paid when their music is played. But how do collecting
\nsocieties work out how much of the license fee should be paid to each artist,
\nrecord label or publisher? Rather than using new technology to work out exactly
\nhow much a song has been played, they tend to use methods such as sampling,
\nwhich results in the most famous bands getting overpaid while mid-size artists
\n– even if they are quite well known – can end up with nothing! Have a look at
\nour previous blog post<\/a> to find out more about how this works.\n<\/p>\n
\nanother country?
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\nadminister rights in their own country, so if your music is played abroad, they
\nneed to ask someone else (a collecting society in another country) to collect
\nlicense fees, measure how much your music is being played and work out how much
\nyou should be paid. Once this has been worked out, the royalties the foreign
\ncollecting society has allocated to you are paid to your own national
\ncollecting society, which then pays the money to you. But given that your own
\ncollecting society\u2019s calculation of what you should be paid can be inaccurate,
\nwhat happens when the money goes through another set of calculations on top of
\nthat?\n<\/p>\n
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\nsampling methods your own collecting society uses in your own country. These
\ntend to result in artists being underpaid – and often not paid at all – unless
\nthey are megastars (for an explanation of sampling, see our previous blog post<\/a>).
\nHowever, if you\u2019re lucky and your song is in the sample, the foreign collecting
\nsociety will use a formula to determine how much you should be paid, though you
\nmight still not be paid anything at all, since the formula might wipe out your
\nshare. The foreign collecting society then deducts a fee to cover its
\nadministration costs, then passes the royalties on to your own national
\ncollecting society.\n<\/p>\n
\ndoes its own calculations and administration, then deducts a fee for this from
\nyour royalties. Finally, they pay you for the use of your song – if there is
\nactually any money left to pay you by then!\n<\/p>\n
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\nusing internet tools and technology that mean artists, record labels and
\npublishers get paid fairly and don\u2019t have to pay extra administration fees. \n<\/p>\n
\nartists\u2019 songs is played – even when this is on in-store radio – and pay them
\nfor it. You can check where and when your music has been played, and when
\nyou\u2019ll next be paid, 24 hours a day via the Soundreef website, just as you\u2019d
\ncheck your balance with an online bank. For more about Soundreef and what we
\ndo, see our previous blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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\nthey\u2019re just out of date. They were created at a time when tracking exactly
\nwhat was played and where it was played was impossible, so sampling was a
\nreasonable way to work out what to pay right holders. But times have changed,
\nand technology that makes this system obsolete is widely and cheaply available.
\nAsk them why they don\u2019t use it!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\nof royalties. They need to change their rules, and make sure they look for new
\nand alternative ways of tracking which music is played. Make the most of your
\nmusic: to get the international royalties you\u2019re due, register with Soundreef
\nat <\/span>http:\/\/registration.soundreef.com\/<\/a>,
\nor find out more at <\/span>http:\/\/www.soundreef.com\/en\/faq<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"