The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (HFA) and SoundExchange have teamed up to notify thousands of artists and labels of unclaimed performance royalties collected by SoundExchange. As a result of this collaborative effort, artists and labels that have not yet registered with SoundExchange will be notified of unclaimed royalties from the non-interactive digital streaming of their recordings. The royalties are generated from digital service providers such as SiriusXM, Pandora, Yahoo, Live 365 and AOL as well as digital cable and satellite TV services. To date, SoundExchange has paid out more than $800 million in performance royalties for billions of digital performances.
As part of SoundExchange’s ever-expanding outreach, this joint effort impacts over 14,000 artists and 1,200 labels who collectively are owed more than $10 million.
"We are excited to join forces with the team at SoundExchange, an organization that shares our belief that artists and rights-holders should be properly compensated for the use of their work," said Gary Churgin, President/CEO of HFA. "This collaboration enables HFA to leverage our capabilities to benefit so many deserving artists."
"SoundExchange is pleased to work with HFA, as we have with more than 125 organizations from across the industry, in our ongoing efforts to spread news of these royalties to all the people who deserve the funds," said Michael Huppe, President of SoundExchange. "We are asking all identified artists and rights owners to register with us to ensure they receive their fair share of these royalties. In this emerging industry, every revenue stream counts."
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