Type: noun
Pronunciation: /back-end-roy-uhl-teez/
Also spelled or known as: Back-End Royalties, Back-End Income
Plural: Backend Royalty Payments
Related: Royalties
What does Backend Royalties mean? Royalties earned after a musical work has been exploited or used.
Backend Royalties are paid to rights holders after a song is publicly used or performed, in TV shows, movies, commercials, etc. They are royalties collected by performance rights organizations (PROs) and distributed to the songwriters, publishers, or artists once the usage is reported.
Backend Royalties synonyms: Back-End Income, Residual Royalties, Ongoing Royalties
Example sentence: “The composer earned backend royalties from the television placement.”
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