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What is the equitable remuneration ?

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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[…]

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.

First / final distribution: how it works

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Rights for a given reference year are not paid out in one go but in two stages. In other words, there are two distribution times for one and the same reference year.

Which radio stations are included in PlayRight playlists?

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In order to calculate your rights in the Belgian territory for music recordings, PlayRight uses your repertoire and several distribution parameters: Radio playlists & their audience and Ultratop sales figures.

Music performance: how PlayRight calculates my rights

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The starting point of any distribution is your repertoire, meaning the declarations of your music performances. Without these declarations, we cannot attribute you rights.

Resolve a contract conflict between PlayRight and another organisation

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By joining several collecting societies you run the risk of having your rights frozen if the territories the various societies cover overlap.

International exchanges

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Collecting societies exchange information about the use of their respective repertoires in each country. This is usually done on the basis of playlists. On these lists, PlayRight will specify for which artists and recordings it claims rights . The rights are then calculated on the basis of the distribution rules operated by the sister company and paid to PlayRight.

My repertoire is broadcast abroad

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Your repertoire may also be protected by neighbouring rights abroad. If your recordings are broadcasted in other countries, the collecting societies in those countries will collect neighbouring rights on your behalf. They will do so regardless of whether you are affiliated to them or not.

Countries where PlayRight can collect my rights abroad

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To manage its members’ foreign rights, PlayRight has closed bilateral agreements with similar collecting societies in more than 50 countries.