Music
Where can I find the rates?
Music PlayRight
The payers of the equitable remuneration: businesses, restaurants, and public events where recorded music is broadcast must pay this equitable remuneration. The rates vary depending on your activity, the surface[…]
The equitable remuneration, the main source of income for the neighbouring rights of the musicians
Music Music PlayRight PlayRight
The equitable remuneration is by far the main source of income from neighbouring rights that belong to music performers in Belgium. In figures The neighbouring rights distributed among musicians in[…]
From collection to distribution: what happens with the equitable remuneration ?
Music PlayRight
Collected by Unisono, the equitable remuneration is then paid to musicians and music producers via the collecting societies that represent them: SIMIM (producers) and PlayRight (performing artists). Specific to music,[…]
Who collects the equitable remuneration ?
Music Music PlayRight PlayRight
Both pay the equitable remuneration to SIMIM for the part that goes to the music producers, and PlayRight for the part that goes to the performing artists, on the basis of an equal share between the two collecting societies (50/50 ).
Who has to pay the equitable remuneration ?
Music PlayRight
A business, a restaurant or a public event during which recorded music will be broadcast must pay this equitable remuneration according to a certain number of criteria (space, nature of[…]
What is the equitable remuneration ?
Music PlayRight
The equitable remuneration is a compulsory license that must be paid when recorded music is played on a publicly accessible location. It is a remuneration intended for the public use[…]
Living in Belgium: taxes on my rights
Audiovisual Music PlayRight
In Belgium, performing artists’ neighbouring rights are subject to withholding tax. By law, PlayRight is obliged to withhold 15% tax (minus flat-rate costs) from any rights it pays out. PlayRight[…]
The « financial benefits»
Audiovisual Music PlayRight
PlayRight distributes rights for a reference year in two stages. After the final distribution of rights for one or even several reference years, PlayRight then makes a distribution of the financial benefits generated by these rights.