Neighboring Rights
Type: noun
Pronunciation: /nay-ber-ing rights/
Also spelled or known as: Related Rights
Plural: Neighboring Rights
Related: Performers’ Rights
What does Neighboring Rights mean? Rights granted to performers and owners of sound recordings.
Neighboring Rights provide compensation to performers and recording owners when recordings are publicly performed, broadcast, or communicated to the public.
These rights are separate from songwriting and publishing rights.
Neighboring Rights synonyms: Related Rights, Performers’ Rights, Sound Recording Rights
Example sentence: “The singer collected neighboring rights royalties from international broadcasts.”
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