IMRO

Although it is the responsibility of our affiliated societies to collect royalties on behalf of IMRO members in their territory and send them to us for distribution, it is possible that some performances of IMRO members' music are not identified by the societies in question.

 

This can happen primarily for two reasons. Either such performances may simply not be covered by the distribution policies of the societies in question or not enough information is provided to identify the performances. These policies vary from society to society and where a performance does not qualify it will not feature.

 

IMRO makes every effort to ensure that "qualifying performances" in overseas territories do feature in the distributions of the societies concerned. We do this by notifying those societies of the full performance details when available. These include performances in the category classified by some societies as ‘Classical or Serious’ Music or ‘Live Symphonic and Recital’ performances. It is for this reason that we always urge our members to notify us of their foreign performances. Details of all such performances can be notified to us online through the members area of the IMRO website.

 

However, you should be aware that, in the case of the USA, the societies in that territory do not survey general live performances. In the case of ASCAP, where the majority of the IMRO repertoire is administered, it confines its survey to the works performed in the 200 top grossing tours that take place in the USA each year. BMI surveys the Top 300 concert tours and/or concert events/festivals each quarter. ASCAP also surveys musical performances at the following live concert music venues:

 

 

Nevertheless, we still encourage you to notify all US performances to us so that we can make sure that performances qualifying under any aspect of the US societies distribution policies or schemes are notified in full to the relevant society to minimise missing or delayed payments.

 

What Must You Do?
IMRO encourages you to notify your foreign performances through the IMRO website. Details on how to do so may be found in the Members Area of our website.

 

The following information is essential when making a foreign performance notification:-

 

1. Performance dates
2. Venue Name(s)
3. Town/City
4. Country
5. Promoter's name (if applicable)
6. Post code (for all UK performances)

 

Performances cannot be notified without this information.

 

Set Lists
Foreign performances need to be notified with a corresponding set list or details of the works performed in a concert programme which can be submitted online, along with the relevant Live Performance Notification (Gig-List). The full and proper title, as registered with IMRO, together with the name of the composer(s) must be included.

 

It is essential that all works on the set list have been registered. If you are in doubt as to whether some or all of the works on the set list have been registered or not, you can check on-line or contact a member of our distribution team.

 

IMRO members who have played live shows in the United States of America are eligible to apply for live performance royalties under the ASCAP International Awards Program. Although ASCAP funds this program, all determinations are made solely by distinguished members of the American music community who are neither members nor employees of ASCAP and whose decisions are final.
 
The awards Program is not a contest or a competition in which any specific work is critically evaluated. Rather, the fact of actual performance of works licensed by ASCAP in the USA serves as the primary basis for the panel’s determinations.
 
IMRO members applying for royalties under this scheme need to submit completed forms to IMRO by mid January each year.
 
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Please make note of the following:

• Applications should be returned directly to IMRO
• ASCAP will not accept applications from individuals – they must be received from IMRO
• Awards are made annually
• Only performances of works which are licensed by ASCAP in the USA may be considered
• You are not guaranteed royalties – this is an awards scheme

Other Performances
If you are aware that your works are being performed either by another performer or broadcast on TV or radio or your album has been released in an overseas territory, you should provide this information to IMRO. We will need the following information:-

 

Broadcast Performance	Live Performance by Another Performer
Station/broadcaster name	Name of performer
Broadcast date and time	Date of performance
Show title	Venue name/town or city
Works played/performed live	Work(s) performed