How does ARIA distribute the licence fees it collects?
Royalties generated from ARIA licences are collected and then distributed to copyright owners (usually the record company) based on the reports that licensees supply. We require licensees to provide us with information as to artist, track title, record label and record company, and the number of times that each sound recording or music video has been reproduced, so that we can distribute royalties to the respective copyright owner. ARIA retains a commission to cover the administrative, operational and legal costs of conducting its licensing program.
