Performance Rights Organization
Type: noun, music business term
Pronunciation: /per-form-ance-rights or-guh-nuh-zay-shun/
Also spelled or known as: PRO, Performing Rights Organization, Rights Society
Plural: Performance Rights Organizations, PROs
What does Performance Rights Organization mean? An organization that collects and distributes public performance royalties for songwriters and publishers.
A Performance Rights Organization (PRO) is an organization that licenses music performances and collects royalties on behalf of songwriters, composers, and publishers.
PROs track public performances of music on radio, television, streaming services, live venues, restaurants, and other public spaces.
They then distribute performance royalties to rights owners based on usage data.
Examples include ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC.
Performance Rights Organization synonyms: PRO, Rights Society
Example sentence: “The songwriter joined a performance rights organization to collect royalties.”
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