Removal of categories of rights or geographical areas from Teosto’s administration
If you wish, you can completely remove one or more categories of rights from Teosto’s administration. In this case, we will not represent your works in the category of rights at all. Instead, you can decide on the use of your works yourself or you can allow another party to administer that particular category of rights.
You may also remove your rights from Teosto’s administration to a limited extent, which means that Teosto may represent all of your rights in the geographical area, continent or countries of your choice, but another party – for example, a copyright organisation in another country – may represent the rights you remove from Teosto in other geographical areas, continents or countries.
Self-administration of categories of rights and geographical areas can also be done in a mixed way, i.e. you can self-administer certain categories of rights in the country of your choice and either handle licences and invoicing yourself or leave them to the copyright organisation of that country by becoming a member of the organisation. This may make sense if a significant portion of your royalties come from a country other than Finland.
A form for removing categories of rights or areas can be found at the bottom of this page.
List of categories of rights and countries belonging to different geographical areas
| Category of rights | Music use subject to this | Examples |
| PERFORMING General right to perform to an audience present at the performance |
Public performance of music, live or from a recording, to an audience present at the performance. |
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| RADIO AND TV Right to transmit a work to the public by broadcasting it via radio or television |
Transmitting music to the public by radio or television broadcasts, regardless of the technical method of the broadcast. |
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| INTERNET Right to transmit a work to the public online |
Transmitting music to the public online, excluding radio and television broadcasts. |
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| REPRODUCTION Right to make recordings and distribute them |
Right to make recordings and distribute them. |
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| SYNCHRONISATION Right to incorporate a work in moving images |
Incorporating music in moving images for mass use. | Integrating music to moving images for mass use, e.g. in a UGC service |
| Continent or geographical area | Countries belonging to the continent or geographical area |
| Australasia | Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu |
| Africa | Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| America | Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela |
| Asia | Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen |
| Baltic countries | Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania |
| Europe | Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, North Macedonia, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City |
| GSA (Germany, Switzerland, Austria) | Austria, Germany, Switzerland |
| North America | Canada, Mexico, United States |
| Nordic countries | Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden |
| Oceania | Australia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu |
| South America | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela |
Afghanistan, Åland, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctic, Antigua and Barbuda, United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Azerbaijan
Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bouvet Island, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi
Cayman Islands, Ceuta and Melilla, Chile, Clipperton Island, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Curaçao
Diego Garcia, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic
Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Spain, South Africa, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Korea, South Sudan, Ethiopia
Falkland islands, Fiji, Philippines, Faroe Islands
Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana
Haiti, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Honduras, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Indonesia, India, Iraq, Iran, Ireland, Iceland, United Kingdom, Israel, Italy, East Timor, Austria
Jamaica, Japan, Yemen, Jersey, Jordan, Christmas Island
Kazakhstan, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Canary Islands, Cabo Verde, Dutch Caribbean, Kenya, Central African Republic, China, Kyrgyzstan, Kiribati, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cocos Islands (Keelings Islands), Kosovo, Greece, Croatia, Cuba, Kuwait, Cyprus
Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Western Sahara,
Macau Special Administrative Region, Madagascar, North Macedonia, Malawi, Maldives, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Isle of Man, Morocco, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma)
Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Norway, Côte d’Ivoire
Oman, Pakistan
Palau, Palestinian territory, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Pitcairn, North Korea, North Mariana Islands, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Poland, Equatorial Guinea
Qatar
Réunion, France, French Southern Territories, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Romania, Rwanda, Sweden
Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Germany, Solomon Islands, Zambia, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Finland, Suriname, Switzerland, Swaziland, Syria
Tajikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Denmark, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tristan da Cunha, Chad, Czech Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu
Uganda, Ukraine, Hungary, Uruguay, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Uzbekistan
Vanuatu, Belarus, Vatican City, Venezuela, Russia, Vietnam, Estonia
Wallis and Futuna
United States of America, United States Outlying Islands, United States Virgin Islands
Zimbabwe
Find out whether removing rights from Teosto is worthwhile for you
Teosto is an affordable and fast option in Europe
- Teosto does not charge processing fees for royalties from other Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland)
- For royalties from other European countries, we charge a processing fee of only 3.5%
- We collect royalties from the Nordic countries and other European countries faster and more affordably than a non-European organisation does.
Teosto collects and distributes royalties for all categories of rights, also from abroad, but royalties from abroad are distributed more slowly than if you are a direct customer or member of a specific country’s organisation.
However, different organisations have their own licencing practices, distribution schedules and expense percentages that differ from those of Teosto, so before removing rights, you should carefully consider whether transferring rights to another copyright organisation or collective management organisation is profitable for you. Different organisations may also have different restrictive regulations and schedules regarding the termination of a customer relationship or a membership. It is a good idea to learn more about these in advance.
Please note that the removal of categories of rights or geographical areas is applicable to all your works covered by Teosto’s Membership Agreement. You cannot divide categories of rights into smaller entities either.
Agreeing on removal
If you remove a category of rights or a geographical area from Teosto’s administration, Teosto/NCB will no longer grant licences for the use your works and will not collect and distribute royalties to you for the use of your music in that category of rights or geographical area.
Therefore, you should always agree on the removal of the work with other possible authors and publishers, i.e. rightholders. The removal of rights becomes valid with the removal notification you submit to us, even if you have not obtained the consent of the other rightholders to remove the work, but the lack of the consent of the others may lead to claims for remuneration that they may present to you if they do not agree to the removal when they become aware of it.
If the use rights granted by Teosto include an extended collective licence, as referred to in section 26 of the Copyright Act, you are considered to have denied the use of your works in the removed categories of rights and areas, on the basis of the extended collective licence, in situations where you have the right, based on law, for such a denial.
However, it is not necessary to obtain consent from the other rightholders of the work if you transfer the administration of rights to another organisation that meets the requirements for reliable rights administration. Generally, these are well-known copyright organisations with which Teosto collaborates.
How is a category of rights or an area transferred under self-administration?
You can transfer (remove) the rights by filling in the form that you can find by clicking the link, accepting the terms and conditions and submitting the form to us. For rightholders under 18 years of age, the legal guardian accepts the terms and conditions in the removal form.
The removal of categories of rights or geographical areas will become valid on two dates in a year
- Changes made during 1 January–30 June will become valid on 30 June.
- Changes made during 1 July–31 December will become valid on 31 December.
If the removal requires the consent of other potential authors and publishers of the works, you should obtain these consents in writing and keep them for future reference.
Please note that you cannot transfer works under self-administration if teosto has receivables from you – for example, advance distribution payments that have not yet been fully deducted from your distributions.
Form for Removal of categories or geographical areas from Teosto’s administration
Form for members under 18 years: Removal of categories or geographical areas from Teosto’s administration
Submitting Work Declarations After Withdrawal
If you are a member both in Teosto and an organization in another country, submit work notifications to both organisations, except if the other organization you are a member of is one of the following:
- PRS for Music
- STIM
- Sabam
- BumaStemra
- TONO
- Koda
If the other organisation you belong to is one of the above, it is sufficient to submit the work notification to either that organisation or Teosto, as we use the same ICE work and distribution database.
Transferring withdrawn rights or geographical areas to Teosto’s administration
If you wish to return previously withdrawn rights to Teosto’s administration or transfer rights or geographical areas that have not previously been administered by us, do so by completing and submitting the form below.
Transfers of rights to Teosto will take effect as soon as we have registered your notification.
Form: Assignment of categories of rights and geographical areas to Teosto’s administration
Form for members under 18 years: Assignment of categories of rights and geographical areas to Teosto’s administration