Neighbouring rights royalties are a core revenue and rights management function for record labels, master rights owners, and catalogue-led music businesses operating across today’s global music economy.
We provide professional neighbouring rights royalties management services for clients seeking stronger control over sound recording revenue, cleaner rights administration, and improved royalty capture linked to the public use of master recordings.
Our service is designed for businesses that require a commercially structured approach to neighbouring rights royalties across catalogue portfolios, frontline releases, legacy assets, and international exploitation strategies.
Whether you manage a developing release schedule, a mature catalogue, or a broader master rights portfolio, neighbouring rights administration should form part of your wider commercial rights framework.
Gaan Baksho Music provides neighbouring rights management support for clients who expect professional standards, structured administration, and a stronger operational foundation behind royalty collection.
Neighbouring rights are a recognised category of sound recording rights established under the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) 1996, granting performers and phonogram producers enforceable economic rights in relation to the use of recorded performances.
These rights arise when master recordings are broadcast, publicly performed, or otherwise communicated to the public, creating a distinct royalty stream separate from composition and publishing income.
Within this framework, neighbouring rights revenue is typically structured across two core entitlements:
The WPPT formalised the economic participation of performers in recorded music exploitation, establishing a legal foundation for neighbouring rights income across multiple territories and collection systems.
Where performer entitlements are not claimed, not administered, or fall outside eligibility or limitation requirements, the corresponding revenue may revert to the rightsholder, reinforcing the importance of structured rights management and accurate repertoire administration.
For record labels, catalogue owners, and rights-led music businesses, neighbouring rights form a core layer of master recording monetisation, directly linked to global broadcast, public performance, and secondary use of sound recordings.
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