Kobalt Neighbouring Rights LTD. (KNRL)
If you are a performing artist, a studio producer or owner of an independent label, Kobalt can collect your Neighbouring Rights income worldwide and help maximise your earnings, speed up your Neighbouring Rights administration and simplify what can be a very complex process.
The procedure of receiving your global Neighbouring Rights remuneration as a performing artist or record label differs from the process of receiving royalties as a songwriter/ publisher. The criteria for payment from Neighbouring Rights societies are complex and vary from country to country.
Why should I go to Kobalt?
Top experienced staff combined with the trusted Kobalt approach make all the difference. Our industry contacts and inside knowledge of societies help to minimise bureaucracy and maximise results for you. We know how to exploit the local rules of all the key global territories in order to increase your payments for all qualifying usage sources. If you are a songwriter, we can offer you a one-stop-shop deal, looking after both your publishing and your Neighbouring Rights income.
KNRL Advantages
Maximising Collections:
As a truly global company, Kobalt signs its clients up directly with societies to ensure optimal coverage. We offer bespoke repertoire/database quality control in each territory to ensure your repertoire is complete and correctly registered prior to the society's distribution to KNRL. Once we have received those distributions on your behalf, we track and compare payments with airplay data from various independent providers, thus ensuring the utmost payment accuracy.
- Minimising Your Cost: Our standard costs are very competitive and fair.
- Faster Payments: We pay you within 31 days (of the month end) of receipt of your money.
- Transparency: We demystify local rules and statements from the many countries we administer.
The KNRL Team:
Hans van Berkel - KNRL Executive Chairman
Hans is one of the most experienced Neighbouring Rights executives in the world with a strong background in management and accounting. After working for PolyGram in various countries (and continents), he founded and ran Dutch Neighbouring Rights society SENA for 18 years, managing collections for the Rolling Stones, Elton John, Andrea Bocelli and many others.
Sabine Jones, KNRL Managing Director
With a linguistic and managerial background, Sabine has gathered experience through her work for the copyright side (GEMA/PRS) before turning to Neighbouring Rights in 2002. She managed UK performing artists' society PAMRA and Swiss artists' and record labels' society SWISSPERFORM before joining Kobalt.
Matthew Seal, KNRL Manager
Matthew, a former PAMRA and PPL Accounts and Client Relations Manager, has extensive experience in client services and well established contacts with managers, accountants and other artist representatives.
For further info contact: info.nr@kobaltmusic.com