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Originally posted by zodiac9 How much per year does it cost to be a BMI member? I looked all over the website, it doesn't say. If there is a fee, and I'm betting there is, I doubt it's worth it for EDM artists. Isn't the label responsible for getting publishing royalties to you? Any company that wanted to use your music would be contacting your label. Seems to me, BMI is for artists that are specifically targeting the publishing market.

I just signed up and got my BMI login and agreement and it cost me nothing so far. Anythony does an artist ever have to pay anything out of pocket to BMI?

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i haven't paid any dues except when a royalty check has come in(and doing the math on my check they took 15-16%). if you want to read the history of BMI and how it works... this is a good article:

http://www.woodpecker.com/writing/e...y-politics.html

there is also another article attached to it which tells you even more.

granted these a bit bias, they do list out the pros & cons of the system.

here's another:

http://www.texasheritagemusic.org/special_stories/BMI%20%20Solutions.pdf

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Originally posted by Zombie0729 i haven't paid any dues except when a royalty check has come in(and doing the math on my check they took 15-16%). if you want to read the history of BMI and how it works... this is a good article:

I thought maybe it was a percentage deal like that. Sounds good to me. I'll be signing up, have nothing to lose. I had no idea such a thing existed. That's why I still visit this forum, always something new to learn.

Would it be clever to sign it to more than one organisation? For example sign it to both BMI, Tono in Norway, Buma-Stemra in Holland and Sabam in Belgium? Or is this unnecessary? Does BMI cover all over the world?

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Originally posted by lenieNt Force Would it be clever to sign it to more than one organisation? For example sign it to both BMI, Tono in Norway, Buma-Stemra in Holland and Sabam in Belgium? Or is this unnecessary? Does BMI cover all over the world?

i don't think that's possible. well i mean you personally could register with both but you couldn't register your tune with BMI & Tono. I believe (and i had a similar thought so bare with me) that BMI holds what they call a 'floating' copyright. this gives them legal authority to collect on royalties and then pay dividends to the artists. if that's the case only one of the companies can hold the copyright (from my understanding).

so.. was it free to register on BMI? and did u register your tracks? was thinking about it myself. did u get IRSC-numbers on them ?

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Originally posted by palm so.. was it free to register on BMI? and did u register your tracks? was thinking about it myself. did u get IRSC-numbers on them ?

You cant register there as you`re not paying tax in the US.

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Originally posted by Zombie0729 i don't think that's possible. well i mean you personally could register with both but you couldn't register your tune with BMI & Tono. I believe (and i had a similar thought so bare with me) that BMI holds what they call a 'floating' copyright. this gives them legal authority to collect on royalties and then pay dividends to the artists. if that's the case only one of the companies can hold the copyright (from my understanding).

That's true. Buma/Stemra handles my copyrights over the globe. You only need to sign up with one of these organisations, preferably the one in your country.

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Originally posted by Subtle You cant register there as you`re not paying tax in the US.

so i have to use tono? fuck