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# How To Collect Both Kinds Of Music Royalties
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/how-to-collect-both-kinds-of-music-royalties/
- Published: 2014-08-19T09:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2014-08-19T09:30:00.000Z
- Description: By Ken Consor from the Sonicbids Blog. As streaming has become increasingly important in today’s music market, it is imperative to understand how streams turn into publishing royalties – and. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/08/how-to-collect-both-kinds-of-music-royalties.html]
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By [Ken Consor](https://twitter.com/KCon101?ref=hypebot.com) from the [Sonicbids Blog](http://blog.songtrust.com/publishing-tips-2/the-2-types-of-digital-music-streams-how-you-can-collect-royalties-from-both?ref=hypebot.com).

As streaming has become increasingly important in today’s music market, it is imperative to understand how streams turn into publishing royalties – and of course, how to get those royalties into your wallet.

Let’s divide streaming into two different types: Interactive and Non-Interactive. These are defined by the listener’s ability to choose the songs that play next (ability to ‘interact’ with the streaming service, if you will).

**1) Non-Interactive Streaming:**

*Definition:* Listeners play music, without the ability to choose the songs that play next.

*Also Known As:* Internet Radio.

*Examples:* Pandora, Sirius XM, NPR.

*Royalties Generated:* Performance royalties.  
 (These are performances like radio, but digital. Thus, terrestrial radio and other radio-like services generate only performance royalties.)

*How to Collect:* Join a [PRO](http://blog.songtrust.com/music-publishing-glossary/?ref=hypebot.com#PRO) (ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, SOCAN). PROs are responsible for tracking and collecting performance royalties generated from terrestrial and internet radio.

**2) Interactive Streaming:**

*Definition:* Interactive streaming services allow listeners to CHOOSE the songs that are played.

*Also Known As:* On-demand streaming.

*Examples:* Spotify, Rdio, Rhapsody, Google Play, Beats Music.

*Royalties:* Performance royalties & Mechanical royalties.

*How to collect:* To collect the performance royalties, you will need to join a PRO. To collect the mechanical royalties, you will need to become a publisher affiliate at Harry Fox Agency (to do so on your own, you must have a commercially distributed record release in the US within the last year). Or, join Harry Fox by [joining Songtrust](https://www.songtrust.com/?ref=hypebot.com#/pricing). You’ll also need to cover international royalties, which you can do by joining Songtrust.

*\[Photo via [DigitalTrends.com](http://bit.ly/IImQqY?ref=hypebot.com)\]*

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