Music in abroad

Sena has concluded agreements with a large number of foreign collective management organisations (CMOs) for claiming and paying out foreign royalties. This ensures that you receive the highest possible and most accurate claim when your music is played abroad. We work for musicians using two methods:

Werkwijze Muzikanten Werkwijze Producenten

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Method 1: the Virtual Repertoire Database (VRDB)

VRDB stands for Virtual Repertoire Database and is an initiative of SCAPR, the international trade association for neighbouring rights organisations. This global repertoire database aims to improve exchanges between CBOs.

Since 2021, a number of CBOs have started exchanging data via this central database. Each CBO uploads its playlists and repertoire to VRDB, where a match is made between the play data and the repertoire. This means that claims are automatically made for all participating CBOs and each CBO has access to the same claims.

Method 2: exchanging playlists

Sena exchanges claims with CBOs that do not yet participate in the VRDB on the basis of playlists and claim files.

Step 1

Once a year, we receive a list from all CBOs containing all tracks played during a specific year.

Once a year, we receive a list from all CBOs containing all tracks played durin...

Step 2

We then match the international performance data with our own repertoire database. We then send the claims per title to the foreign CBO. We do this for all rights holders who have given us a mandate to claim on their behalf in a particular country. We usually send the claims in the second half of the year. In addition, we check for missing claims from the portals of the foreign CBOs. In this way, we ensure that the claims are as complete and accurate as possible.

We then match the international performance data with our own repertoire databa...

Step 3

The international CBO processes our claim data and pays the remuneration to each beneficiary in accordance with its own distribution rules.

The international CBO processes our claim data and pays the remuneration to eac...

Step 4

Sena pays the allowances from abroad after receipt during the next payment round (March, June, September, or December).

Sena pays the allowances from abroad after receipt during the next payment roun...

Werkwijze producenten

Bij de CBO’s die voor producenten actief zijn ontvangen wij in de meeste gevallen geen speellijsten, maar registreren wij het repertoire bij de buitenlandse CBO, op basis de bij Sena geregistreerde mandaten en 'rechten per titel per land'.
De betreffende CBO maakt een match tussen het door geregistreerde repertoire en hun speelgegevens, op basis waarvan Sena voor deze recordings wordt betaald.

Sena betaalt de vergoedingen uit het buitenland na ontvangst tijdens de eerstvolgende betalingsronde door (maart, juni, september of december).