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Tradition
BMI's formation provided an “open door” to writers of all genres of music, many of whom…
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Money Matters
BMI will distribute more than $900 million in royalties for its 2007-2008 fiscal year…
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Career-Building & Songwriter Support
BMI offers a nationwide series of industry showcases, seminars, professional…
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Technology Leaders
BMI is the acknowledged leader in developing and implementing cutting-edge tools for use…
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Join Online - Instantly!
BMI is the only performing right organization to offer an end-to-end, paperless, online…
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Awards & Honors
BMI is the leader in the industry's most important awards and honors presentations…
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International Leadership
BMI is an acknowledged leader in the international copyright community…
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BMI Leadership
BMI executives' knowledge and experience is unparalleled in the industry…
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BMI is a performing right organization: It collects license fees on behalf of its songwriters, composers and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed.
As a performing right organization, BMI issues licenses to various users of music, including television and radio stations and networks; new media, including the Internet and mobile technologies such as ringtones and ringbacks; satellite audio services like XM and Sirius; nightclubs, discos, hotels, bars, restaurants and other venues; digital jukeboxes; and live concerts. It then tracks public performances of its members' music, and collects and distributes licensing revenues for those performances as royalties to the more than 375,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers it represents, as well as the thousands of creators from around the world who have chosen BMI for representation in the U.S.
BMI currently represents some more than 6.5 million compositions — a number that is constantly growing. As a result, BMI has, over the years, sought out and implemented a number of technological innovations in its continuing effort to gather the most accurate information available about where, when and how its members' compositions are used as well as ensuring that payment to those whose works have been performed is made in as precise and timely a manner as possible.
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