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Neighbouring-rights

Neighbouring rights explained: what performers and master owners can collect, and from whom
Neighbouring rights pay the people behind a recording, not the song: the master owner and the performers on it. This guide sets out the two roles, how PPL in the UK and SoundExchange in the US split the money, where the US differs, and what a self-releasing artist should register, using PPL, SoundExchange, WIPO and US statute pages read on 24 Oct 2026.
25 Oct 2026Workflows
Neighbouring rights explained: the radio royalty most indie artists outside the US never claim
When a recording is played on radio, on TV or in a shop, collecting societies like PPL in the UK pay the master owner and the performers on it. Self-releasing artists can be owed both halves, but only once they register. Here is how it works, why US performers mostly miss out abroad, and a checklist.
18 Sept 2026Industryvia PPL

Neighbouring rights explained: what performers and master owners can collect, and from whom