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Which categories are paid out? Which belong to performing rights, broadcasting rights and mechanical rights?
These categories belong to the performing rights:
- International income distribution (sister organisations) A AR
- Concerts of serious music of all types (E)
- Serious music direct accounting (net individual accounting) (ED)
- Serious music performances by means of mechanical devices (EM)
- Stage music (BM)
- Music in church services (Ki)
- Events with entertainment or dance music (U)
- Entertainment music direct accounting (UD)
- Entertainment music playback (M)
- Discotheques (DK, DK VR)
These categories belong to the broadcasting rights:
- International income distribution (sister organisations) A AR
- Broadcasting rights in TV broadcasts and communication to the public rights relating to the public communication of TV broadcasts (FS (Grand Rights))
- Broadcasting rights in radio broadcasts and communication to the public rights relating to the public communication of radio broadcasts (R (Grand Rights))
- Sound radio/radio (R, R VR)
- Television (FS, FS VR)
- Sound film (T)
- Sound film on TV (T FS, T FS VR)
- Sound film direct accounting (TD, TD VR)
These categories belong to the mechanical rights:
- International income distribution for mechanical rights (A VR)
- Mechanical rights audiovisual recordings (BT VR)
- Playback of music in discotheques with mechanical devices (DK, DK VR VR)
These categories belong to the performing and mechanical rights:
- Streaming on mixed online platforms (GOP, GOP VR)
- Playback of works as a ringtone melody (KMOD, KMOD VR)
- Music on Demand Download (MOD D, MOD D VR)
- Music on Demand Streaming (MOD S, MOD S VR)
- Mechanical rights sound recordings (PHO VR)
- Video on Demand Download (VOD D, VOD D VR)
- Video on Demand Streaming (VOD S, VOD S VR)
- Websites (WEB, WEB VR)
Good to know: Online categories are paid out in both rights categories performing rights (AR) and mechanical rights (VR), the ratio of the split of the total amount is 1/3 : 2/3. The weighting is aligned with the distinction Streaming (focus on AR) and Download (focus on VR).
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