Neighbouring Rights Management
Our Neighboring Rights Management service deals with the management and administration of neighboring rights for music content. We ensure that artists and other rights holders are fairly compensated for their work.
We collect and distribute Neighbouring Rights royalties
For Performers, Producers, and other rights Owners
Neighbouring rights is revenue derived from the use of recorded music when it is performed in public or broadcast on radio or TV around the world.
1710Media's Neighbouring rights admin Management involves the collection and distribution of royalties, the management of licensing agreements, and the enforcement of rights on behalf of Performing artists, Producers, record Labels, and other rights holders of sound recordings.
Through our direct affiliations with collection societies in Nigeria, and across the globe, we offer bespoke management of your rights. We will register you with neighbouring rights societies directly, which will enable us to claim your usages where they have occurred. This way we can make sure you will receive a fair share of your money, while you can focus on what you do best - making music!
Why register for Neighbouring Rights Management?
Registering for Neighbouring Rights Management can help you to protect your rights and earn fair compensation for your work as a performer, producer, or right owner.
Royalty collection
By registering with 1710Media's Neighbouring Rights Management service, you can ensure that your royalties are properly collected and distributed to you.
International royalties
We can also help collect and distribute royalties for your performances and broadcasts in Nigeria and other countries where your neighboring rights are recognized.
Enforcement
Our Neighbouring Rights Admin services can help you to enforce your neighboring rights by taking legal action against unauthorized use of your recorded performances and broadcasts.
DIRECT RELATIONSHIPS
Our direct affiliations with over 65 collection societies all around the world mean we can register and claim quickly, whilst having the ability to counterclaim at the source of the issue.
CATALOGUE MANAGEMENT
Our team compiles complete discographies for performers using various authoritative data sources and manages label catalogs to ensure compliance across all societies.
CLAIMS AND REGISTRATIONS
We claim for performances and ensure repertoire is registered directly with local societies adhering to all of their requirements.
AIRPLAY MONITORING
We Use airplay reports to monitor our client’s repertoire usage and audit claims and revenue received.
DETAILED REPORTING
We Provide statements each quarter with track, source, and country information so that you can see exactly which recordings have been used: how, where, and when.
DEDICATED AND PASSIONATE TEAM
We are a team of music lovers that are dedicated to ensuring revenue flows back to the right people with a focus on delivering a friendly and transparent service to our clients.
F.A.Qs
Check out some of the Most Frequently asked questions relating to Neighbouring Rights Management.
Neighbouring Rights, also known as Related Rights, are the rights granted to performers and phonogram producers (the record label that pays for the recording).
The term “Neighbouring Rights” is used to refer to income from certain uses of a recording. Indeed, each time a track is reproduced and broadcasted, Neighbouring rights income is generated and collected. The scope varies depending on the country, but generally, neighbouring rights income is collected for:
- Broadcasts (on the radio, television, certain forms of internet broadcast such as non-interactive streaming)
- Public performance (clubs, bars, restaurants, shops, bowling alleys, …)
- Private copying
To begin with, if you are eligible for Neighbouring Rights, you are entitled to it: you are eligible if you hold the master rights (as a master owner or license for example) which means you must be either the original sound recording rights owner, or these rights must have been granted to you by the original sound recording rights owner. This grant of rights must be explicitly mentioned in a contract.
But above all, Neighbouring Rights are an important and regular share of a label's revenue: everywhere in the world, users and broadcasters are paying for the use of music. Part of this income is managed collectively, being gathered and redistributed in most countries by Collective Management Organization (CMO).
Unfortunately, due to the complexity of the data and processes involved, many record labels and rights holder do not collect their share.
To begin with, if you are eligible for Neighbouring Rights, you are entitled to it: you are eligible if you hold the master rights (as a master owner or license for example) which means you must be either the original sound recording rights owner, or these rights must have been granted to you by the original sound recording rights owner. This grant of rights must be explicitly mentioned in a contract.
But above all, Neighbouring Rights are an important and regular share of a label's revenue: everywhere in the world, users and broadcasters are paying for the use of music. Part of this income is managed collectively, being gathered and redistributed in most countries by Collective Management Organization (CMO).
Unfortunately, due to the complexity of the data and processes involved, many record labels and rights holder do not collect their share.
We are in direct contact with the main CMOs around the world, this allows us great coverage of your rights. 1710Media frees you from any administrative burden by taking care of all registrations, conflict management, and claiming, to make sure your income is collected to the fullest.
Bear in mind that all CMOs have their own schedule and rules, however, a retroactive collection can be possible depending on the national legislation in each country. We'll fully collect your rights wherever possible.
Each CMO collects the neighboring rights in its territory and distributes them to its members. As mentioned, they all have their own schedule and rules (frequency and the number of payments for example). Once 1710Media gets the payment from CMOs, we redistribute them to you quarterly.
Neighboring rights and publishing rights (rights to the musical composition) are two completely separate businesses.
These have to do with sound recordings. Record labels and performing artists own the rights to sound recordings. Therefore, record labels and performing artists collect neighboring rights royalties.
Publishing rights have to do with musical compositions and songwriting. Publishers and composers/songwriters own the rights to compositions.
Therefore, composers/songwriters (and publishers/publishing administrators if the composer is signed with a publisher/publishing administrator) collect any publishing-related royalties (performance royalties, mechanical royalties, etc.).
A neighboring right is a sound recording… what a performing right is to a musical composition.
Neighboring rights are to performing artists/record labels… what performing rights are to songwriters/composers/publishers.
Neighboring rights collection societies are to neighboring rights… what Performing Rights Organizations (PROs) are to performing rights.
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