Why choose PPL?
We are the largest collector of neighbouring rights income in the world. We’ve been doing it for almost 20 years, and cover almost all the countries that it is possible to collect these rights in.
We do not retain a profit on our services, meaning you take home the most possible from your royalties.
Our deep knowledge of music data and commitment to accuracy ensures your international royalties are claimed efficiently and paid correctly.
We work with tax authorities around the world to ensure your royalties are processed in the most efficient way possible. For example, we hold Qualified Intermediary (QI) Status from the US tax authorities, meaning that royalties collected by PPL from the US need not be subject to US withholding tax of 30%, ensuring you get maximum payments.
“The team at PPL are leading experts on neighbouring rights. With such a large network of agreements in place globally, we’re delighted to expand our relationship with PPL to ensure FLO get fairly paid for their music whenever it is played publicly around the world.”
Sam Eldridge, UROK Management (FLO)
Here’s how it works
The PPL Repertoire Database of over 28 million recordings is the cornerstone of our international royalties collections service.
If you are registered as a rightsholder for one of those recordings, all you need to do is appoint us the rightsholder mandate to collect for you internationally and we’ll couple our cutting-edge tech with the team’s global expertise to do the rest.
If you are also a performer, you will need to grant a separate performer mandate to us for international collections. See our performer section for more details.
- Log in to myPPL (or join PPL for free here)
- Register for international royalty collections
- Claim the recordings you are a rightsholder for
- Add any recordings which are not yet in our database – there is guidance on registering your repertoire here
- We assess your data and request any further information we need
- We declare and claim your repertoire around the world
- We attempt to resolve any ownership disputes on your behalf (and will contact you if needed)
- We validate and chase payment
- We send you your money
Keep your data up to date
CMOs around the world can have different/additional data requirements when it comes to recording data. If you are a recording rightsholder, we recommend that when you register the details of your recordings in the PPL Repertoire Database, through your secure myPPL account, you populate as many of the data fields for each recording as you can.
This helps to ensure that all your recordings can be registered accurately at other CMOs. This, in turn, minimises the risk of delays to payment, which can occur if a CMO requires further information in order to confirm your recording as being the same recording for which it has collected royalties.
Your territory rights
For each recording in the PPL Repertoire Database, we need to know which countries you hold rights for (including the start and end dates for the ownership of the rights). You can check and update this in myPPL.
Composer details
The composer of the recording is often key. This is especially true when it comes to classical music, where various orchestras and artists have recorded the same piece, or where the same title could be used for multiple compositions by different composers.
Release details
Some CMOs report airplay usage from repertoire databases that are partially, or wholly, based on releases (the physical – vinyl, CD etc – or digital releases on which individual recordings are released). In this case, recordings need to be matched to a release.
Track duration details
This enables CMOs to identify and differentiate duplicate recordings and versions of the same recordings in their repertoire databases.
International Sales Data
CMOs in certain countries distribute revenue on the basis of sales data. Sales data refers to the physical and/or digital sales of your products and repertoire in the country. Find out more about declaring this data and download the relevant documents here.