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Empowering you with royalties from overseas copying royalties
If your music has been published in songbooks, sheet music or lyric compilations, it may be photocopied in schools, universities, libraries or other institutions abroad. In some countries, this kind of copying generates royalties for the songwriters and composers whose work is used.
While the UK doesn’t currently recognise this right in law, The Ivors Academy has agreements with collecting agencies in countries that do. These agencies gather reprographic royalties and, where possible, we distribute them to the UK songwriters and composers they belong to – whether or not you’re Academy members.
Countries we receive royalties from:
How the royalties are used
We receive two types of reprographic royalties:
These are accompanied by data that helps us identify the writers or estates entitled to payment – currently received from Copydan in Denmark.
If you’re due royalties, we will contact you. If you believe you may be owed, please email copydan@ivorsacademy.com. We welcome enquiries from both members and non-members.
Agencies in Norway, Sweden and Finland do not collect detailed usage data, which means these royalties can’t be distributed directly to individuals. In agreement with the agencies, these funds are used to support The Ivors Academy’s work to empower songwriters and composers. They help fund education programmes, research, campaigning and advocacy that benefits the whole community.
How we research and find creators due royalties
Whether you’re a member or not, we work hard to make sure you receive the royalties you’ve earned. We cross-check data from agencies against PRS for Music, our own database and other public sources, and follow up with outreach to rightsholders.
If you think your music may have been copied in Denmark since 2015, we want to hear from you. You do not need to be an Academy member to claim.
Contact us: copydan@ivorsacademy.com
Savings for members
To cover our costs in researching, identifying and paying rightsholders, we apply an administration fee:
