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Register with your home performers' society. It pays you when the recordings you play or sing on are broadcast or played in public, and it can collect from other countries where it has agreements.

AIE

Artistas Intérpretes o Ejecutantes, Sociedad de Gestión de España · Spain

Your home society
Who can join
Performers
Joining fee
Free ('Becoming a member of AIE is free of charge').
Yearly fee
Not published (AIE says membership is free; no annual fee mentioned)
Processing time
The Board approves new members in batches in 2026: received by Jan 6, approved by end Feb; Apr 7 by end May; Jun 30 by end Sep; Oct 6 by end Nov.
Apply online
Yes. Fill in the online form (computer only, not mobile). Within 5 working days you get 3 emails with documents to e-sign; nothing is sent by post. You can also apply in person.
Members from abroad
Yes. The FAQ says your location doesn't matter as long as you are a performer. Foreign-issued documents may need legalisation in Spain and/or a sworn translation.
Who is eligible
  • Music performers who took part in at least one recorded performance: phonograms and/or videograms (TV shows, films, etc.).
  • You must be the original holder of rights in at least one performance published for commercial purposes and/or exploited or used.
  • You must not have given management of the same rights to anyone else.
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Sources and notes

By default AIE manages your rights in Spain and every other country, except any territories you exclude on the form.

Deductions from collections (2024): 9.17% administration, plus 20% of private-copy income and 6% of other rights for the assistance and cultural fund.

Once accepted, you get your AIE member number and access to the members' Virtual Office.

Sources — AIE's own pages, read on 2026-10-06. Fees and rules change: the society's site is the reference.

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Why join?

Songwriters

Societies pay the writers registered with them. If you write songs and aren't a member of an authors' society, your writer share of radio, TV, live and streaming plays can't reach you. It sits unidentified until it is claimed, or is shared out to others.

Performers

When a recording you are on is broadcast or played in public, performers are owed a share (neighbouring rights). It is paid through performers' societies, and registering is how it finds you.

Producers and publishers

Master owners collect their share of the same plays through producers' societies. Publishers collect the publisher share of the songs through the authors' society. Both collect through a society membership.

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