Services for music publishers
Join as a publisher memberYour business should become a Teosto member if publishing music is part of your regular activity. We will handle financial rights related to the use of your work, on your behalf.
We sell licenses for the public performance and recording of your music, on behalf of your business.
We collect information on the use of your works and conduct current research on music use.
You will receive royalties when your music has been performed publicly or recorded on audio or video.
Order a membership agreement and we will post it to the (e-mail) address of your choice. The agreement will take effect once you have sent us the signed agreement and paid the membership fee.
The membership fee for publishers is EUR 300 + VAT 25,5 %. There are no additional charges for being a member. The member agreement is valid until terminated by either party.
The membership agreement applies to every composition and arrangement published by your business, and to related lyrics and translations.
Order membership agreementOur services are accessible online
When becoming a Teosto member, you should also order an online service agreement, so we can sell licenses to use your works and collect performance and recording royalties on your behalf. You can order a web service agreement in Finnish via the link below. To order a web service agreement in English, please contact our customer service. We will send login credentials for our web service by email to the contact person of your business.
In our web service you can
- register publishing agreements and related work notifications
- browse works in the works database
- check the sums and dates of payments
- browse payment lists
- check the accuracy of your own contact details
Frequently asked questions
Instructions:
- Report your publishing agreements in our web service
- Together with the authors, ensure that work notifications have been submitted for the works
We need information about publishing agreements in order to sell licences for the works and collect performing right and reproduction royalties.
The following information in the publishing agreement is registered in our work database:
- information about the publisher or sub-publisher of the work
- information about how performing right and reproduction royalties have been agreed to be shared among the authors and the publisher of the work
The amount of money distributed each year depends on the amount of royalties collected from music users that year.
The amount of money distributed to an individual publisher is affected by:
- how much the song they published has been performed; and
- what is the publisher’s share of the royalties to be distributed for the work
The amount of money distributed for radio and TV use is affected by:
- the reach of the channel/station where the music was performed (national or local)
- the duration of the performance
- the number of performances; and
- channel/station revenue for commercial channels/stations
The amount of royalties distributed for events, live gigs and concerts is affected by:
- the audience capacity of the venue; and
- for paid events, ticket revenue and for free events, the number of attendees
For more information, see the MusicRoyalties page.
In a sub-publishing agreement, the publisher agrees on the distribution of the work with another publisher.
When a Finnish sub-publisher signs a sub-publishing agreement with a foreign publisher, the publishers agree between themselves on the division of their shares. A copy of the sub-publishing agreement must always be submitted to Teosto.
For works sub-published for the territory of Finland, the publisher’s share will conform with the terms and conditions of the sub-publishing agreement.
We will distribute the royalties for the works in accordance with the principles laid down in Teosto’s distribution rules. The principles are decided by our voting members, i.e. the authors and publishers themselves.
Royalties are not distributed to publishers retroactively. As a publisher member, you will be able to receive distributions from the moment you sign the membership agreement, submit the information about your publishing agreements and are entitled to royalties under the agreement.
The membership agreement can be terminated at any time. After termination, the agreement will be valid until the nearest half-yearly end date – until 30 June or 31 December. The membership fee will not be refunded.