The duration for which you receive royalties depends on the listing term chosen by the original transferor of the royalties interest.
When a catalogue is listed on ANote Music, the transferor (e.g., artist, songwriter, publisher, or record label) selects the royalty transfer period. This can be:
- limited- term transfer: Royalties are transferred for a fixed period (e.g. 5 years, or 10 years)
- Lifetime transfer or "Life of Rights": Royalties are transferred for the full copyright duration (e.g., for publishing rights, 70 years after the death of the last author). After this period, the songs enter the public domain and no longer generate royalties.
It is important to understand for how long the royalties are being transferred, thus for how long you would be entitled to receive the corresponding royalty flows. Keep in mind that the remaining maturity directly impacts the catalogue’s price and valuation.
At the end of the listing term, the royalty interest will expire, and the royalty payments will stop. At this point, all the royalty interests and rights to receive royalty payments in will return to the original transferor.
For further details please contact us directly to support@anotemusic.com