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 over 350,000 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.
For Additional Information Please Visit BMI
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