The USA did not sign the Rome Convention but ratified the WPPT in 2002. That makes US performers and producers eligible for neighbouring rights royalties from digital radio, streaming and simulcasting across Europe. Most have never been registered.
Time-critical: claiming for the 2022 distribution year at GVL is drawing to a close. Once a year is settled, undistributed funds are reallocated permanently.
Legal Basis
Eligible under the WPPT regardless of where the recording was made. This is now the largest share of European radio consumption — GVL and other societies do not separate terrestrial from IP delivery in their monitoring.
Where a recording was also published in a Rome Convention state within 30 days, the full claim applies — terrestrial use included.
Here the claim is limited to digital use. What matters is the type of use, not nationality — we check that recording by recording.
The Process
We analyse your catalogue against German and European airplay data and society records. Within 5–10 business days you know whether a meaningful recovery is likely — with an estimated range, at no cost.
You set up your GVL account; we handle all German-language documentation. Catalogue registration, retroactive declarations for every open period, clean ISRC linkage throughout.
Germany is usually first. After that PPL (UK), SENA (Netherlands), SCPP (France), SAMI (Sweden), GRAMO (Norway) and further societies — based on where your recordings actually play.
The societies pay you directly. You receive one consolidated quarterly report across all markets. Our fee applies only to distributions actually received.
Common Questions
No. This concerns the producer and performer share of statutory remuneration, not licence income under your contract. Where claims sit contractually with the label, we clarify that first — before anything is filed.
No. SoundExchange covers US usage. European remuneration sits with the European societies and is only distributed to registered claimants there.
Three to six years depending on the country. What matters is filing the open years before they are settled.
No. The societies pay out internationally.
Then we work alongside them. In practice European neighbouring rights is precisely the area general royalty administration does not cover.
Nothing upfront. The assessment is free and our fee applies as a share of distributions actually received.
First Conversation
A brand, a catalogue, a work or an idea — the first assessment costs nothing. We will tell you honestly whether a licence model pays off, or where revenue is going missing.