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Licensing In Australia and New ZealandA music publisher is an entity that exploits musical compositions. It is the job of the music publisher to generate income from a song's use and to collect that income on behalf of the writer. Income from the use of the composition comes from a number of sources: - MECHANICAL ROYALTIES Mechanical royalties are payable when a song or musical composition is reproduced and sold as a record, cassette, compact disc or other 'software' configuration. In Australia/New Zealand, most record companies pay mechanical royalties directly to the copyright owner (music publisher). Smaller record companies make royalty payments via AMCOS (Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society).
- PERFORMANCE ROYALTIES Performance royalties are generated when a song is performed in public or broadcast on television or radio. APRA (Australasian Performing Right Association) tracks the use of copyrighted songs, collects the royalties and pays them to songwriters and music publishers.
- SYNCHRONIZATION LICENSES A synchronisation licence is an agreement to use a song in television, radio, film, and audio-visual presentations. Licence fees vary depending upon the extent of use, duration of licence and nature of production.
- PRODUCTION MUSIC Production music is music specifically written and recorded for inclusion in television, radio, film and other audio-visual productions. EMI Music Publishing Australia represents, in Australia and New Zealand, the world renowned libraries KPM, deWolfe, Music House, V - The Production Library, Ded Good, Selected Sound and Castle. For more information about our production music services visit www.emiproductionmusic.com.au or email info@emiproductionmusic
 comau - PRINT MUSIC Print Music covers the exploitation of musical copyrights in the printed form e.g. sheet music, songbooks and method books. It also includes licensing of musical compositions for advertising, print media and other publications.
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