FAQ category: Copydan
Alongside the funds, Copydan provides The Ivors Academy with a breakdown of the royalties due to rightsholders. Sometimes this information specifies for which works and sometimes only the rightsholder. We cross-reference this information against various databases – primarily our membership database and with PRS for Music. We also carry out desk research to identify rightsholders, […]
Depending on how you manage your own accounting and tax returns, you may need to raise an invoice to account for the income you’ve received for your Copydan royalties. In the first instance, please contact your accountant for advice on this if you have one. If you need to raise an invoice for VAT purposes, […]
The Ivors Academy processes distributions in two phases, one in July of the same year of receipt from Copydan and another in January of the following year if there are still balances to pay out.
It is The Ivors Academy’s responsibility to take all reasonable endeavours to contact the rightsholders who are due royalties payments in order to ensure their royalties are paid to them. We report details of these efforts back to Copydan; if after three years we are unable to contact the recipients then funds due to them […]
The Ivors Academy applies an administration fee to all the Copydan royalties payments it makes to rightsholders. For rightsholders who are not members of The Ivors Academy, this administration fee is 10%. For rightsholders who are members of The Ivors Academy, this administration fee is reduced to 8%. This administration fee covers our expenses to […]
Royalties are due to songwriters and composers whose works have been reproduced in Denmark by educational institutions and private and public businesses since 2015. Copydan supply The Ivors Academy with this information alongside the funds based on their own methods of measuring and allocating royalties to rightsholders. These rightsholders may or may not be members […]
Copydan Writing (Copydan) is a collection management organisation that specialises in text and sheet music. They negotiate agreements regarding copying with educational institutions and private and public businesses. These agreements with Copydan allow their customers to legally copy text and sheet music material, ensuring that rights holders receive remuneration for the copies made. As this […]
