Royalty Registration & Collection
How to Collect Your ARMAUTHOR Royalties
Armenia's performing rights organization for songwriters and composers.
ARMAUTHOR NGO (ARMAUTHOR) is the performing rights organization (PRO) in Armenia. It licenses the public performance and broadcast of musical works and collects performance royalties for songwriters, composers, and music publishers when their music is played on radio and television, streamed, or performed in public across Armenia. Through reciprocal agreements with PROs worldwide, ARMAUTHOR also collects on behalf of international writers whose works are used in Armenia.
At a glance
ARMAUTHOR at a glance
- Based in
- Armenia
- Territories
- Armenia
How Notes works with this platform
What we do on ARMAUTHOR
- Register. If you're affiliated with ARMAUTHOR, Notes registers your compositions and publisher data so the performance royalties ARMAUTHOR collects are matched to you.
- Register. ISRCs, ISWCs, IPI numbers, and split data are submitted to ARMAUTHOR so payouts match the correct musician.
- Collect. Public-performance royalties ARMAUTHOR collects for songwriters and publishers are reconciled with the rest of your catalog — no percentage taken.
What you earn here
Royalties ARMAUTHOR generates
- Distribution
- Broadcast
- Publishing
- Performance
ARMAUTHOR collects these royalties on behalf of rightsholders. Notes registers you so the money it administers actually reaches you — in full, with no percentage taken.
- Performance RoyaltiesPerformance royalties are paid to songwriters and publishers when a composition is performed publicly — on radio, TV, in venues, or via streaming.
- International RoyaltiesRoyalties your music earns abroad come home three ways: foreign PROs via reciprocal agreements, sub-publishers, and foreign neighboring-rights societies — though the US's missing radio right can cost you some of the last one.
How royalties reach you
The money flow through ARMAUTHOR
- Your music playsOn Spotify, Apple Music, and other services.
- ARMAUTHOR collectsARMAUTHOR is the performing rights organization that gathers the royalties those plays generate in Armenia.
- You get paidNotes registers you with ARMAUTHOR so the money it collects actually reaches you — in full, with no percentage taken.
Collect everywhere
One song. Collected worldwide. Paid to you.
- Collecting now
- On the map
What a song earns
- PerformanceComposition · PROs
- MechanicalComposition · MROs
- Neighbouring rightsRecording · societies like SoundExchange
- Master recordingsPaid directly by DSPs everywhere a song streams — distribution, not a society
The map shades the society-collected layer — the part that differs by territory. Master recordings are paid worldwide through distribution, so they sit outside the map.
Collection Sources
- Albania ALBAUTOR
- Algeria ONDA
- Andorra SDADV
- Angola UNAC-SA
- Argentina SADAIC
- Armenia ARMAUTHOR
- Australia APRA AMCOS
- Austria AKM
- Azerbaijan AAS
- Barbados COSCAP
- Belarus NCIP
- Belgium SABAM
- Benin BUBEDRA
- Bolivia SOBODAYCOM
- Bosnia and Herzegovina AMUS
- Botswana COSBOTS
- Brazil ECAD
- Bulgaria MUSICAUTOR
- Burkina Faso BBDA
- Cabo Verde SCM
- Canada SOCAN
- Chile SCD
- China MCSC
- Colombia SAYCO
- Costa Rica ACAM
- Côte d'Ivoire BURIDA
- Croatia HDS
- Cuba ACDAM
- Czechia OSA
- Denmark KODA
- Dominican Republic SGACEDOM
- Ecuador SAYCE
- El Salvador SACIM
- Estonia EAÜ
- Finland TEOSTO
- France SACEM
- Germany GEMA
- Ghana GHAMRO
- Greece AUTODIA
- Guatemala AEI
- Guinea BGDA
- Honduras AACIMH
- Hong Kong CASH
- Hungary ARTISJUS
- Iceland STEF
- India IPRS
- Indonesia KCI, WAMI
- Ireland IMRO
- Israel ACUM
- Italy SIAE
- Jamaica JACAP
- Japan JASRAC
- Kazakhstan KazAK
- Kenya MCSK
- Kosovo VAPIC
- Latvia AKKA/LAA
- Lesotho LESCOSAA
- Lithuania LATGA
- Luxembourg SACEM Luxembourg
- Macau MACA
- Madagascar OMDA
- Malawi COSOMA
- Malaysia MACP
- Mali BUMDA
- Mauritius MASA
- Mexico SACM
- Moldova AsDAC
- Montenegro PAM CG
- Morocco BMDA
- Mozambique SOMAS
- Namibia NASCAM
- Nepal MRCSN
- Netherlands Buma/Stemra
- New Zealand APRA AMCOS
- Nigeria MCSN
- North Macedonia ZAMP Macedonia
- Norway TONO
- Panama SPAC
- Paraguay APA
- Peru APDAYC
- Philippines FILSCAP
- Poland ZAiKS
- Portugal SPA
- Republic of the Congo BCDA
- Romania UCMR-ADA
- Russia RAO
- Saint Lucia ECCO
- Senegal SODAV
- Serbia SOKOJ
- Singapore COMPASS
- Slovakia SOZA
- Slovenia SAZAS
- South Africa SAMRO
- South Korea KOMCA
- Spain SGAE
- Suriname SASUR
- Sweden STIM
- Switzerland SUISA
- Taiwan MÜST
- Tanzania COSOTA
- Thailand MCT
- Trinidad and Tobago COTT
- Türkiye MESAM
- Uganda UPRS
- Ukraine UACRR
- United Arab Emirates EMRA
- United Kingdom PRS for Music, PPL
- United States Collecting nowBMI, The MLC, SoundExchange, ASCAP, SESAC
- Uruguay AGADU
- Venezuela SACVEN
- Vietnam VCPMC
- Zimbabwe ZIMURA
Questions musicians ask
Common questions about ARMAUTHOR
- How do I register with ARMAUTHOR?
- If you're affiliated with ARMAUTHOR, Notes submits your compositions, publisher data, IPI numbers, and splits so the performance royalties it collects are matched to you.
- What does ARMAUTHOR collect for me?
- ARMAUTHOR is the performing rights organization (PRO) for its territory — it licenses the public performance and broadcast of your compositions and collects the performance royalties. Notes makes sure you're registered so none of what it collects goes unclaimed.
- Does Notes take a percentage?
- No. Notes is a flat subscription — the royalties ARMAUTHOR collects on your behalf are paid to you in full.
- What royalty types does ARMAUTHOR collect?
- ARMAUTHOR collects Performance royalties.
- What territories does ARMAUTHOR cover?
- ARMAUTHOR is available in Armenia.
- Where is ARMAUTHOR based?
- ARMAUTHOR is based in Armenia.


