The term ‘neighboring rights’ is used in some countries to refer to the public performance, broadcast, communication and reproduction rights in sound recordings. These are eligible to be paid out to the owners of the master recordings such as a record label – or if you are an independent artist, you can receive these directly.
The royalties collected by neighboring rights societies include;
- Public performance via OneMusic (the license fee is distributed between Recorded Music for master recording rights holders and APRA AMCOS for the composers/writers of the song). This covers royalties from use of music in shops, businesses and venues who are legally required to obtain a blanket license to play music in a public setting.
- Broadcast licenses with TV and radio
- Communication licenses with digital services (such as free to air TV catch up, commercial radio simulcasts or other online radio services such as Pandora or SiriusXM)
We encourage you to learn more about neighboring rights via your local neighboring rights society;
Recorded Music (New Zealand) PPCA (Australia) SoundExchange (United States)