Music
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.
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.
Deadline to declare my performances
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Rights for a given reference year are not paid out in one go but in two stages. To ensure that you receive as many as possible of the rights you are entitled to during the first distribution round, we would advise you to declare your recordings as soon as you can.
The “PlayList” menu in my portal
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In order to calculate your rights in Belgium for music recordings, PlayRight uses two distribution parameters; playlists of Belgian radios for open reference years and Ultratop sale lists. These playlists are now available to our members through the portal, listed by reference year.
What I can declare (and not declare)
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Musicians, singers and conductors need to declare the following performances:
Declare my performances
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You can declare your recordings online and complete your repertoire via our secure portal by using the button PlayRight Portal.
Raising awareness on neighbouring rights
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The purposes of PlayRight+ are to inform the performers about their rights