What are performance royalties and how do they relate to your royalty free music?

In short, performance royalties are collected by many organisations globally on behalf of composers when their music is used in a broadcast situation.

Although its relevance to royalty free music is subject to many interpretations there are situations when the possibility of receiving performance royalties becomes advantageous to the composer. This does not cost the royalty free music buyer any additional money.

Media Music Now does not benefit from performance royalties, but our composer may do so in certain high use instances such as on major TV, National Radio or in large scale cinematic film or theatrical shows.

On the contrary, although the performance royalty is intended to supplement a composers income, in some instances it can negatively affect our ability to sell licenses which may result in a composer losing out.

For this reason, our composer agreement enables us to waive performance royalties for uses where the policy is impractical and counterintuitive to generating composer income.

In instances where performance royalties may be collected for composers such as in TV, Radio, cinematic or large theatrical use, we request that you include their information in your usual cue sheet submissions. If you are not required to fill in cue sheets this information will not apply.

If applicable, this will be covered in the individual sections above.

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What can this be licensed for?

This is an overview of our music / effects uses.

Standard License covers: -

General

Use it in any territory / part of the world
No time limitations
The licensee can reuse in multiple projects subject to our license terms.
You can edit and/or loop the length of the music / effects for timing purposes

Video / Film production

Use on a physical medium i.e. DVD, CDROM etc. up to 5000 copies.
Video production for the web including sites like YouTube or your/company’s website etc.
- No limit on the number of video views
- Includes use on videos monetized by adverts.
Photography / video slideshows (online, wedding)
Includes corporate videos and presentations
Educational / Tutorials
Student films and festival films.
Local Television / Radio
TV / Radio programmes (excludes advertising/commercials)

Apps / Games / Software

Free to use apps, games or software
Max. 5,000 sales or subscriptions of paid apps, games or software

Audio Products

Audio Books
Podcasts
Hypnosis / Self-help
Max. 5,000 sales or subscriptions
Free to listen audio products

Other business uses

Music on Hold
In-Store Advertising
Trade Exhibitions
Conference & Seminars

Discounts for students, Charities and personal use only

Extended License covers: -

Extended License A to C

Please select from Extended license options A to C if you need to produce more than 5,000 copies of your product

For more than 1,000,000 copies please get in touch for a custom quote.

Extended D to E: Regional/National or Worldwide TV & Radio Advertising

These license options include the same uses covered in the standard license but extend its usage to include regional/national or worldwide TV and Radio advertising campaigns.

Usage on local and independent stations is covered by our standard license.

Extended F to G: National or Worldwide Theater / Cinema release (including in-theatre advertising / screening pre-roll)

These license options cover usage in large scale theatrical or cinematic productions.

If your project is a local / small production our standard license will suffice.

Extended H: Household Brands

Please select this Extended license to cover usage by blue chip / household brands. This license option allows for global, ongoing use on all known platforms with a single license fee.

Not sure? On a Budget?

If you are unsure, have a requirement not covered here, a limited budget or special requirement please get in touch.

For additional information, see our Royalty Free Music Help.

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Standard License covers: -

General

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Apps / Games / Software

Audio Products

Other business uses

Discounts for students, Charities and personal use only

Extended License covers: -

Extended License A to C

Extended D to E: Regional/National or Worldwide TV & Radio Advertising

Extended F to G: National or Worldwide Theater / Cinema release (including in-theatre advertising / screening pre-roll)

Extended H: Household Brands

Standard License covers: -

General

Video / Film production

Apps / Games / Software

Audio Products

Other business uses

Discounts for students, Charities and personal use only

Extended License covers: -

Extended License A to C

Extended D to E: Regional/National or Worldwide TV & Radio Advertising

Extended F to G: National or Worldwide Theater / Cinema release (including in-theatre advertising / screening pre-roll)

Extended H: Household Brands

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