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Royalty Registration & Collection

How to Collect Your RAO Royalties

Russia's performing rights organization for songwriters and composers.

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Russian Authors' Society (RAO) is the performing rights organization (PRO) in Russia. 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 Russia. Through reciprocal agreements with PROs worldwide, RAO also collects on behalf of international writers whose works are used in Russia.

At a glance

RAO at a glance

Based in
Russia
Territories
Russia

How Notes works with this platform

What we do on RAO

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

What you earn here

Royalties RAO generates

RAO
Distribution Broadcast Publishing Performance
  • Distribution
  • Broadcast
  • Publishing
  • Performance

RAO 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 RAO

  1. Your music playsOn Spotify, Apple Music, and other services.
  2. RAO collectsRAO is the performing rights organization that gathers the royalties those plays generate in Russia.
  3. You get paidNotes registers you with RAO 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 RAO

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

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