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Royalty Registration & Collection

How to Collect Your UCMR-ADA Royalties

Romania's performing rights organization for songwriters and composers.

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Uniunea Compozitorilor si Muzicologilor din Romania - Asociatia pentru Drepturi de Autor (UCMR-ADA) is the performing rights organization (PRO) in Romania. 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 Romania. Through reciprocal agreements with PROs worldwide, UCMR-ADA also collects on behalf of international writers whose works are used in Romania.

At a glance

UCMR-ADA at a glance

Based in
Romania
Territories
Romania

How Notes works with this platform

What we do on UCMR-ADA

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

What you earn here

Royalties UCMR-ADA generates

UCMR-ADA
Distribution Broadcast Publishing Performance
  • Distribution
  • Broadcast
  • Publishing
  • Performance

UCMR-ADA 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 UCMR-ADA

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

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

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