HFA & SoundExchange Team in Effort to
Pay Artist and Label Performance Royalties
The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (HFA), a leading provider of rights management, licensing and royalty services for the music industry, and SoundExchange, the organization selected by the Copyright Royalty Board to distribute digital performance royalties to recording artists and record labels, have teamed up to notify thousands of artists and labels of unclaimed performance royalties collected by SoundExchange.
As a result of this collaborative effort, artists and labels that have not yet registered with SoundExchange will be notified of unclaimed royalties from the non-interactive digital streaming of their recordings. The royalties are generated from digital service providers such as SiriusXM satellite radio, Pandora, Yahoo, Live 365.com and AOL as well as digital cable and satellite TV services. To date, SoundExchange has paid out more than $800 million in performance royalties for billions of digital performances.
As part of SoundExchange’s ever-expanding outreach, this joint effort impacts over 14,000 artists and 1,200 labels who collectively are owed more than $10 million. These artists and labels were identified using HFA’s expansive database, which uniquely positions the company to assist SoundExchange in its efforts to ensure that rights-holders receive their fair share of these royalties.
Artists and labels are encouraged to register with SoundExchange, free of charge, to receive their share of these royalties. For more information, or to register, visit www.soundexchange.com.
“We are excited to join forces with the team at SoundExchange, an organization that shares our belief that artists and rights-holders should be properly compensated for the use of their work,” said Gary Churgin, President and CEO of HFA. “This collaboration enables HFA to leverage our capabilities to benefit so many deserving artists.”
“SoundExchange is pleased to work with HFA, as we have with more than 125 organizations from across the industry, in our ongoing efforts to spread news of these royalties to all the people who deserve the funds,” said Michael Huppe, President of SoundExchange. “We are asking all identified artists and rights owners to register with us to ensure they receive their fair share of these royalties. In this emerging industry, every revenue stream counts.”
About SoundExchange
SoundExchange is the non-profit performance rights organization that represents the entire recorded music industry. The organization collects statutory royalties from satellite radio, internet radio, cable TV music channels and other services that stream sound recordings. The Copyright Royalty Board, created by Congress, has entrusted SoundExchange as the only entity in the United States to collect and distribute these digital performance royalties for featured recording artists and master rights owners. SoundExchange has paid out more than $800 million in royalties since its inception. For more information, visit www.SoundExchange.com.
About HFA
HFA is the nation’s leading provider of rights management, licensing and royalty services for the music industry. With over 46,000 music publishing clients, HFA issues the largest number of licenses for the use of music in both physical and digital distribution formats. HFA also serves the D.I.Y. market with Songfile®, the company’s fast and easy online licensing tool. HFA’s service offering includes a suite of outsourced technology solutions designed to facilitate the administration of intellectual property rights. As a technology innovator, HFA is leading the industry in establishing global data standards and is a founding member and Board member of the Digital Data Exchange (DDEX). Additionally, for the past three years HFA was recognized by InformationWeek on its Top 500 Relentless Innovators list. For more information about HFA visit our website at harryfox.com.
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