CPRA/Geidankyo manages the rights below;
1. Secondary-use fees for commercial phonograms
2. Remuneration for rental of commercial phonograms
3. Compensation for private audio recordings
Apart from the term "authors' rights", "neighbouring rights" means the rights of performers and phonogram producers to receive royalties. The 1961 Rome Convention was the first legislation to deal with the neighbouring rights, and there is also the 1996 WIPO Performance And Phonograms Treaty (WPPT). If you have performed on a sound recording, you may be eligible to receive these royalties.
Approx. 1,000 including terrestrial, wire diffusion, satellite, and community FM in 2020.
Approx. 1,600 in 2020.
If you performed on the Japanese Recordings (recorded music with Japanese ISRC), you can join CPRA/Geidankyo. Please contact us via Contact Form for further info.
If not, please join any of the foreign organizations that have the agreement with CPRA/Geidankyo. You can earn the royalties collected in Japan from the said organization.
The agent can register its clients to CPRA/Geidankyo as a Regional Member in the territory of Japan. For the registration, please submit the following documents. Some of them are linked to its template:
1. Certificate of Residence of your company
2. Banking information (Word)
3. Complete list of the performers you represent (Excel)
4. Photocopy of artist passports/driver licenses and Power of Attorneys
5. Memorandum of Confidentiality(PDF)
For further info or any questions, please contact us via Contact Form.
CPRA/Geidankyo makes payments to foreign Collective Management Organizations and agents which represent performers once a year, and its details for 2025 are as follows.
Distribution Calendar 2025
< For Collection 2022 and 2023 >
May 2025: Unclaimed Played Recordings list available
End of August 2025: Deadline of your Recording Claims
Mid-March 2026: Payment
< For Collection 2024 >
October 2025: Playlist available
End of December 2025: Deadline of your Recording Claims
Mid-March 2026: Payment
SCAPR is an international organization for the development of the practical cooperation between performers' collective management organisations (CMOs). Please refer to the details at https://www.scapr.org/about-us/.