Neighbouring-rights money splits in two at the source. The producer share goes to whoever owns the recording, and that is the one you can entrust to us. The performer share goes to whoever plays or sings on it, it is paid directly to that person, and nobody can register in your place. Not us either.
This article is about going and getting it. It applies whether or not you have entrusted us with your producer share: the two halves are independent.
If you live in France
Register with ADAMI if you are the featured artist on your recordings. It is free, it is done online, and you will be asked for your identity, your bank details and the list of recordings you play or sing on.
The musicians backing you come under SPEDIDAM. Their share exists too and nobody will claim it for them, so tell them about it.
If you live elsewhere
ADAMI is not the right door for everyone: it requires you to be a national or a resident of a European Union member state. A British, Swiss, Canadian or American artist cannot join.
The rule is simple and holds everywhere: register with the performers' society of your own country. It is the one that then collects what you are owed elsewhere, France included, through the reciprocal agreements linking these societies to each other. You do not have to register country by country.
Finding yours
The authoritative directory is the one kept by SCAPR, the international federation of these societies: 58 organisations across 42 countries, with each one's name and contact details.
- SCAPR directory: https://www.scapr.org/members-directory/
A few, as examples: PPL in the United Kingdom, GVL in Germany, SENA in the Netherlands, AIE in Spain, PlayRight in Belgium, SWISSPERFORM in Switzerland, SAMI in Sweden, GDA in Portugal, RAAP in Ireland.
Who is eligible
Neighbouring rights are not owed everywhere to everyone. In practice you need to be a national of a Rome Convention country, or the recording has to have been made in one. Most of Europe, Latin America, Asia and Oceania are in.
The United States case
This is the exception, and it is an unpleasant one. The United States recognises no broadcast right for terrestrial radio: a play on an American FM station generates nothing for the recording. A bill to change that, the American Music Fairness Act, has been reintroduced every session of Congress for years and still had not passed as of September 2026.
Digital does pay. Webcasting and satellite radio do generate a payment, collected by SoundExchange, and we go and get it for you.
So there is nothing for you to file there. Do not go and register your recordings there under your own name: two claims on the same track freeze the money until the conflict is settled, and nobody gets paid in the meantime.
How much, and when
Societies distribute one to three years behind, and the amounts depend mostly on radio and public performance rather than on streaming. Registrations are retroactive over several years: registering late is far better than not registering.