It's mission-critical that any licence fees we collect are distributed to our songwriter, composer and publisher members and affiliated overseas societies efficiently and accurately.
At 13.8%, our expense to revenue ratio compares very favourably to affiliated organisations providing the same service overseas.
APRA AMCOS’s distribution policy is to balance using accurate music use data and the cost of collecting that data to determine who should be paid royalties.
Where it's cost effective to collect direct music use data we will.
Where it is not, we use sample data or data from similar sources. We're always looking for the best sources of data to distribute licence fees and invest in world’s best practice data-matching systems.
APRA AMCOS administers a vast catalogue of songs and compositions on behalf of our 119,000+ members in Australia, New Zealand and around the world.
We also administer and collect performing rights royalties and reproduction rights royalties for most types of music uses on behalf of international affiliate societies for ALL of their music that is used in our territory of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific.
APRA AMCOS collects and distributes royalties when music is used in:
APRA AMCOS distributes royalties that we collect from domestic (Australian, New Zealand and Pacific) music use every 3 months. Not all categories of music royalties get paid every quarter.
Learn more about domestic royalties.
APRA AMCOS distributes royalties that we collect from our International Affiliates each month. However, we're dependent on their distribution methods to pay you.
Learn more about international royalties.
We've got specialised departments to look after our members, licence enquiries, international affiliates, and more. Get in touch or send us a message using our department direct form.