Song Copyrights vs Neighboring Rights
(outside of the USA)
Regardless of what ever deal you have with iTunes or any Record Label, this does not affect any of the Neighboring Rights Royalties Forman Bros. International along with our global partners will collect for you.
We collect these revenues from many sources and all this is for the performances of your songs that air in record stores or restaurants or theatres or clubs or radio stations, pubs or bars and/or hotels. All these Neighboring Rights payments are split between performers and master owners. We also collect Neighboring Rights on blank audio levies (CDR's, Blank tapes, etc.) and Private Copying. Manufacturers and importers of blank audio recording media are responsible for paying these private copying levies, this is standard practice in business today.
All performers of a song share this income but actual percentage splits vary between
featured artist and non-featured artists and musicians. Any payments due from recording devices or remuneration arising from rental communications, public broadcasts, public performances, digital broadcasts, digital streaming (Sirius Radio, XM Radio, etc.) and cable transmissions for recorded performances will be collected by us and of course paid to you the performer.
All Neighboring Rights monies that we collect are generally separated equally between performer & master owner (see diagram above), in simple terms, just as there are 2 entities in the record world (Author/Composer & Publisher), there are 2 entities in the Neighbouring Rights world (Performer & Master Owner).
See who qualifies in attached documents. Neighboring Rights FAQ | Royalty Recovery