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General Licensing Venues

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Aircraft

BMI distributes license fees collected from aircraft or aircraft music services quarterly when your musical works are used during flight. BMI uses performance information provided to create a database of BMI-licensed works that are eligible to receive a royalty payment. Since the number of BMI-licensed works, as well as the amount of the license fees collected by BMI, changes from quarter to quarter, the royalty rate for works performed in-flight likewise will vary from quarter to quarter.

Sports Leagues

BMI distributes license fees collected from professional sports teams and leagues (e.g., NFL, NHL, MLB) for the public performance of your musical works in stadiums during live games. BMI uses performance information provided by the professional sports teams/leagues to create a database of BMI-licensed works that are eligible to receive a royalty payment. Since the number of BMI-licensed works and the amount of the license fees collected by BMI change from one year to another, the royalty rate for works performed during these games likewise varies with each distribution.

Theme Parks

BMI distributes license fees collected from certain Theme Parks on an annual schedule when reliable performance information is available. BMI uses performance information collected to create a database of BMI-licensed works that are eligible to receive a royalty payment. Since the number of BMI-licensed works, as well as the amount of the license fees collected by BMI, changes from period to period, the royalty rate for works performed at certain Theme Parks likewise will vary from period to period.