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Better Know Your Neighboring Rights — A Simple Guide to a Confusing Income Stream (Guest Column)


How artists can maximize their royalty collections domestically and abroad to make sure they aren’t leaving money on the table.

Those license fees will make up the neighboring rights royalties generated in the U.S. and are payable by SoundExchange to the featured (and non-featured) artists and sound recording owners. W. Joseph Anderson is a partner and Suna Izgi and Alex Spring are associates in Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP’s Los Angeles office. Manatt is a multidisciplinary, integrated national professional services firm with more than 60 years of experience in the entertainment industry, representing a broad spectrum of creators and companies across music, film and TV, games, sports, and more.

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