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Commercial Music Services

For performances of your musical works beginning July 1, 2007, BMI implemented a ‘follow-the-dollar’ distribution methodology for commercial music services. Royalty rates for commercial music services such as DMX, Muzak, Music Choice and PlayNetwork are calculated using performance data provided to BMI by each music service in combination with the BMI license fees collected for each music service. License fees are generally not pooled across different services. License fees available for royalty distribution for each music service include license fees associated with the affiliates of each music service. When small independent music services fail to provide BMI with usable performance information, appropriate surrogate performance information is used to calculate your royalties.