How are musicians and songwriters compensated when their music is played on the radio, sold on digital platforms, webcast or streamed on interactive services? Click through any of the infographics below to see how the money flows, at least on US sales, performances and streams.

This is an archived version of this information. For the 2015 version, click here.

By type of service/use. Click for bigger version.

Broadcast radio and webcasting	Digital sales	Interactive streams

By type of label/rightsholder. Click for bigger version.

Big labels	Indie labels	Self released

The whole thing on one enormous infographic. Click for bigger version.

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We’d like to thank our copyright expert friends who helped us put this together. As with all of these efforts, we want to ensure that the information is accurate and complete.  If you have suggestions or corrections, contact us!