Music Creators
We are a copyright society for composers, lyricists, arrangers and music publishers.
Lyricist Eija Hinkkala
Member of Teosto since 1991
As our member, you can trust us to supervise the economic rights related to the use of your music. We grant the licenses to use your music on your behalf, collect the fees from the businesses and communities using your music and distribute the remunerations to you.
We also actively participate in social discussion. The key themes in our work include improving the occupational and social security of music authors. So far, nearly 40,000 composers, lyricists, arrangers and publishers have selected us as their partner.
What can we offer you?
With our expertise and selection of services we ensure you receive service according to your situation. You are able to choose how comprehensively you want us to represent your music.
We negotiate and make agreements with international online platforms on your behalf. We license your music for radio, TV, online, background music and live use in Finland and abroad. We comprehensively collect and accurately distribute the royalties for the use of your music.
We have reciprocal representation agreements with international partners – covering over 100 countries. We are also part of The Polaris Nordic alliance that negotiates with global platforms over the use of music. Through us, you become part of a community of music creators. As our member, you can also join our member organisations and gain access to their services.
We offer customer service in three languages and our web service is available 24/7. You can choose the extent to which you want Teosto to administer your rights. Our membership agreement is flexible, allowing you to tap into the security and benefits offered by Teosto while licensing the use of your music personally, under certain conditions.
Submit work notifications of your music and performance notifications of your performances.
We sell licences for music users to perform or use your music.
We collect the royalties and pay them to you four times a year.
You can focus on creating new music. We will take care of your rights.