Frequently Asked Questions

At what point should I sign up with EBA to help me collect royalties?

If you are a songwriter or performer and have a song being played on radio or if you have either a CD being nationally distributed or a video being performed on television, it's time to sign up with EBA.

Who does EBA cater to?

Songwriters, performers, record labels and independent publishers can all benefit from EBA's services.

At what point should I sign up with EBA to help me collect royalties?

If you are a songwriter or performer and have a song on the radio or a CD being nationally distributed or a video being performed on television, it's time to sign up with EBA.

How much does it cost to sign up?

EBA operates completely on a commission basis. You don't pay anything to sign up. EBA takes a commission from revenues that we collect on your behalf.

What do I have to do to sign up?

Once you have filled out the short questionnaire in the sign up section of the website, an EBA representative will analyze your file and will contact you directly within a few days. The EBA representative will ask you directed questions about your career in order to help determine the best way to conduct our royalty searches. Once that is completed, we will send you an easy to understand package which will require your signature to permit us to search for your royalties on your behalf. If there is anything in the package that you don't understand at any time, you should feel free to contact your assigned EBA representative who will be more than happy to answer any of your questions. All EBA staff are trained to answer all of your questions.

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How do I get paid?

Unlike major publishers and other agents, EBA tries to collect royalties in its clients name. That means that while your royalty cheques would be delivered to EBA's offices, the cheques arrive, where permissible, in the name of the client. That means that the cheques do not flow through the EBA. accounts. Thus you don't have to worry about being short changed by accident or deliberately cheated. In the event that cheques are required to flow through our accounts - which tends to happen with certain foreign income - EBA will provide copies of the bank statements or copies of the cheques, as the case may be, so that you have immediate peace of mind and assurance that you have been paid exactly what you are due. No audit necessary! We're proud of being completely transparent and aim to set a new high watermark to the industry of social responsibility.

How long does it take to be paid once the money is collected by EBA?

Once we receive the funds, it is only days before the money is delivered to you either by direct deposit, wire transfer or by cheque. The choice is yours. The bottom line is there are no wait times, no semi annual or quarterly statements etc. With a system set up in the twenty-first century, none of the old establishment wait times are necessary. When the money comes in, the client gets it!

How often do I get paid?

There are so many royalty revenue streams that it is hard to say as it really depends on the nature of your work and where it is being performed or sold. Once that is established, it also depends on the royalty you are talking about as there are many different and separate streams. If you are signed up for all the royalty streams you should be getting about a dozen cheques annually. While that does sound like once a month, it could be less regular than that. These can all be addressed by your EBA representative once he or she has properly reviewed your file.

If I already have a publisher, can I still benefit from E.B.A. Inc.?

Absolutely! One of the key reasons for EBA's development of a royalty collection service was that the music industry's creators and many independent copyright owners seemed to be unaware of the millions of dollars that go uncollected each year. EBA can certainly find non-publishing royalties and does so for many published recording artists.

If I am an independent publisher, how can EBA help me?

It is one thing to sign writers to a publishing agreement. It is quite another to maximize the income that those publishing rights can generate. In short, EBA allows independent publishers to focus on the matters they generally do best: Working with songwriters and building relationships. EBA takes care of all the behind the scenes business for a fraction of what it would cost to carry your own staff to do the same job. Think of it as an outsourced royalty collector. You get the benefit of EBA's expertise but pay only for what EBA collects on your behalf.

If I am a label how can I benefit?

There are in fact a number of ways that EBA can benefit labels. There are a number of income streams that many labels are not aware of, especially when they are not in the label's home territory. For instance, Americans do not have a royalty for video play. However, it does exist in most other Western countries. Europeans on the other hand, do not have a blank tape levy regime akin to that in North America. Labels can be collecting royalties just like their artists from independent third parties using their copyrights.

Additionally, labels may choose to involve themselves in ancillary royalties that are normally due to performers but are seldom collected. This involvement truly benefits both the label (in that it now has an additional royalty stream from which to recoup) and the artist (as it creates a new income stream for the artist too). EBA may collect on both the label's and artist's behalves.

Finally, EBA is now recommending to independent labels to become more involved with publishing. With EBA providing all the backend administration services, all a label needs to do now is sign artists to publishing agreements. Leave the rest to EBA and start collecting a new stream of income.

I like talking to a person. May I do that at EBA?

Of course you may! And we enjoy talking to you too! If you would indeed like to speak with us, please let us know by email and we will call you back within two business days or call us at the number listed in our contact page.

I don't think I'm a big enough artist to make it worthwhile to collect royalties.

If you have a record distributed nationally or if you are playing gigs where the ticket price is over six dollars a head, you should be collecting royalties. If you aren't, you are leaving money on the table! It really is that simple.