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❓ What rights does Soundreef manage and what is Collecting?

❓ What rights does Soundreef manage and what is Collecting?

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📌 Introduction

By signing the Membership Agreement, you entrust Soundreef with the management of your music copyright: we collect and report the respective royalties every time your music is used.

We do this through a 100% analytical and technologically advanced system, designed to offer you detailed, timely, and transparent reports.


🧾 Rights Managed by Soundreef

Soundreef manages the rights

  • DEM – Music Performance Rights

  • DRM – Mechanical Reproduction Rights

for the following Rights Categories:

🔹 Public Performances (LE)
Including live concerts, music in venues, cinema screenings, or through mechanical means (e.g., DJ sets with pre-recorded music).

🔹 Radio/TV Broadcasting (RT)
For radio and TV airplay of your music, on local and national stations.

🔹 Background Music (BMS)
Playback of your musical works in public establishments such as shops, restaurants, shopping centers, etc.

🔹 Mechanical (MC)
Reproduction of your tracks on physical media (CDs, vinyl, music DVDs, etc.).

🔹 Online (OL)
Collection of royalties from streams and downloads on all major digital platforms.


📡 Radio/TV Monitoring and Reporting

The Collecting services, for the Broadcasting (RT) rights category, also include free radio/TV monitoring: we track in real-time the airplay of your music on radio and TV.

✔ Our pay day Collecting are quarterly:

  • April 30th → distribution of royalties accrued in Q1 of the year.

  • July 30th → distribution of royalties accrued in Q2 of the year.

  • October 30th → distribution of royalties accrued in Q3 of the year.

  • January 30th (following year) → distribution of royalties accrued in Q4 of the previous year.


🌍 International Coverage

Soundreef's Collecting services are active worldwide.


📌 FAQ

🔹 When do royalty reporting and payment occur?
Every quarter: April 30th, July 30th, October 30th, and January 30th, with detailed reporting.

🔹 Is radio and TV tracking included?
If your Collecting mandate is also active for the Radio/TV Broadcasting (RT) rights category, yes. Real-time monitoring of Radio/TV plays is an additional and free service.

🔹 Does Soundreef manage rights abroad as well?
Yes. The mandate is valid worldwide.


✅ Conclusion

With Collecting, Soundreef manages your DEM and DRM rights, providing analytical reporting, accurate tracking, and regular payments. A system designed to ensure you transparency, efficiency, and control over your royalties.

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