Spanish rights and royalties data company BMAT has announced a new partnership with KODA, the Danish collecting society for songwriters, composers and music publishers, which will provide KODA with BMAT’s digital rights and royalties technology and service solutions.
Together, BMAT and KODA will deliver a phased onboarding plan and communicate operational milestones "in due course." "The partnership will enable faster processing cycles, more accurate matching rates, leading to operational impro...

​Poland’s collective management organisation for performers STOART has signed a multilateral agreement with US neighbouring rights society SoundExchange and the AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund.
The reciprocal deal will ensure that performers get the royalties they are owed when their music is played across borders. For over 30 years, STOART has collected royalties on behalf of performers when their music is performed on radio, TV and in public spaces.
"Through ...

A group of 18 British songwriters, including Elton John, Paul McCartney and Thom Yorke, have questioned the administrative rates claimed by rights society PRS for Music, according to a Bloomberg report.
These songwriters added their names to a letter sent last week to PRS for Music asking the London-based performance rights society to explain how its administrative expenses are accounted for.
“This request is prompted by growing concerns about the transparency, accuracy and overall representati...