The flow of royalty payments between music service providers, labels, artists, publishers, and songwriters has many avenues. At first blush, this can cause some confusion among the uninitiated. But a quick study will reveal the opportunities for royalty investors to participate in multiple revenue streams.
Simply expand the images below to learn more about how royalties payments are collected and distributed:
U.S. LICENSING GUIDE
Via MusicBiz.org
STREAMING SERVICES ROYALTY FLOW
DIGITAL SALES/DOWNLOADS
RADIO & WEBCASTING ROYALTY FLOW
(Source: Future of Music Coalition)
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