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Royalties

India's radio royalties explained: Section 31D, IPRS and PPL India for independent artists
Indian radio stations do not need your permission to play a published song. Section 31D of the Copyright Act lets them broadcast it under a statutory licence, as long as they give notice and pay royalties at a rate fixed by law. IPRS collects for the song and PPL India for the recording. Here is what IPRS charges a radio channel, who actually sets the rate, and how to register so the money can reach you.
23 Sept 2026Artist rightsvia Indian Kanoon
360 deals vs distribution vs label services: which deal takes what
A distributor licenses your music for a fee and takes nothing else. A label-services company licenses your masters for a few years and keeps a larger cut. A traditional label usually owns the masters and pays you a royalty, and a 360 deal adds a share of touring, merch and other income on top. Here is what each one takes, in one table, and when each makes sense for an independent artist.
22 Sept 2026Industryvia UK Competition and Markets Authority
Producers: how to get paid by SoundExchange with a Letter of Direction
Producers, mixers and engineers only get US digital radio royalties from SoundExchange if the featured artist signs a Letter of Direction, or, for recordings made before November 1995, through a narrow 2% fallback in the statute. Here is how both routes work, with the numbers, and what to put in your producer agreement so you never have to chase it.
19 Sept 2026Industryvia Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School
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
ISRC, ISWC, IPI, UPC: the four codes that decide whether you get paid
Four codes identify your recording, your song, you as a writer and your release. Royalties go missing when they don't line up with each other, usually because the splits disagree or nobody linked the recording to the song. Here is what each code does, who issues it, and a release-day checklist.
17 Sept 2026Industryvia International ISRC Agency (IFPI)

India's radio royalties explained: Section 31D, IPRS and PPL India for independent artists

360 deals vs distribution vs label services: which deal takes what

Producers: how to get paid by SoundExchange with a Letter of Direction

Neighbouring rights explained: the radio royalty most indie artists outside the US never claim

ISRC, ISWC, IPI, UPC: the four codes that decide whether you get paid

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