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Royalty Registration & Collection

How to Collect Your COSOMA Royalties

Malawi's performing rights organization for songwriters and composers.

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Copyright Society of Malawi (COSOMA) is the performing rights organization (PRO) in Malawi. 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 Malawi. Through reciprocal agreements with PROs worldwide, COSOMA also collects on behalf of international writers whose works are used in Malawi.

At a glance

COSOMA at a glance

Based in
Malawi
Territories
Malawi

How Notes works with this platform

What we do on COSOMA

  • Register. If you're affiliated with COSOMA, Notes registers your compositions and publisher data so the performance royalties COSOMA collects are matched to you.
  • Register. ISRCs, ISWCs, IPI numbers, and split data are submitted to COSOMA so payouts match the correct musician.
  • Collect. Public-performance royalties COSOMA collects for songwriters and publishers are reconciled with the rest of your catalog — no percentage taken.

What you earn here

Royalties COSOMA generates

COSOMA
Distribution Broadcast Publishing Performance
  • Distribution
  • Broadcast
  • Publishing
  • Performance

COSOMA collects these royalties on behalf of rightsholders. Notes registers you so the money it administers actually reaches you — in full, with no percentage taken.

How royalties reach you

The money flow through COSOMA

  1. Your music playsOn Spotify, Apple Music, and other services.
  2. COSOMA collectsCOSOMA is the performing rights organization that gathers the royalties those plays generate in Malawi.
  3. You get paidNotes registers you with COSOMA so the money it collects actually reaches you — in full, with no percentage taken.

Collect everywhere

One song. Collected worldwide. Paid to you.

Your music earns through two layers. The first is distribution — the recording's streaming and download royalties, paid directly by the platforms everywhere they play it: one delivery, collected worldwide, no society involved. The second is society collections, and that's what this map shows — every territory has its own societies gathering what's earned there: performance and mechanical on the composition, plus neighbouring rights on the recording. The highlighted territories are where Notes is registered and collecting now; Notes reconciles both layers and pays it to you, with no percentage taken — and more light up as we sign them.
AndorraUnited Arab EmiratesAlbaniaArmeniaAngolaArgentinaAustriaAustraliaAzerbaijanBosnia and HerzegovinaBarbadosBelgiumBurkina FasoBulgariaBeninBoliviaBrazilBotswanaBelarusCanadaRepublic of the CongoSwitzerlandCôte d'IvoireChileChinaColombiaCosta RicaCubaCabo VerdeCzechiaGermanyDenmarkDominican RepublicAlgeriaEcuadorEstoniaSpainFinlandFranceUnited KingdomGhanaGuineaGreeceGuatemalaHong KongHondurasCroatiaHungaryIndonesiaIrelandIsraelIndiaIcelandItalyJamaicaJapanKenyaSouth KoreaKazakhstanSaint LuciaLesothoLithuaniaLuxembourgLatviaMoroccoMoldovaMontenegroMadagascarNorth MacedoniaMaliMacauMauritiusMalawiMexicoMalaysiaMozambiqueNamibiaNigeriaNetherlandsNorwayNepalNew ZealandPanamaPeruPhilippinesPolandPortugalParaguayRomaniaSerbiaRussiaSwedenSingaporeSloveniaSlovakiaSenegalSurinameEl SalvadorThailandTürkiyeTrinidad and TobagoTaiwanTanzaniaUkraineUgandaUnited StatesUruguayVenezuelaVietnamKosovoSouth AfricaZimbabwe
  • 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.

Distribution + collectionsMaster worldwide, societies in every territory
Notes reconcilesOne place, no percentage taken
Paid to youThe musician, in full

Collection Sources

Questions musicians ask

Common questions about COSOMA

How do I register with COSOMA?
If you're affiliated with COSOMA, Notes submits your compositions, publisher data, IPI numbers, and splits so the performance royalties it collects are matched to you.
What does COSOMA collect for me?
COSOMA 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 COSOMA collects on your behalf are paid to you in full.
What royalty types does COSOMA collect?
COSOMA collects Performance royalties.
What territories does COSOMA cover?
COSOMA is available in Malawi.
Where is COSOMA based?
COSOMA is based in Malawi.

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