royalty fees
Creator usage payments
Royalty fees are payments made to the owner of an asset—typically intellectual property—for the right to use it.
Authors receive royalties from publishers, musicians from record labels, patent holders from manufacturers.
The fee is usually a percentage of sales or a fixed amount per unit: The franchise charges a 5% royalty fee on gross revenue.
Often shortened to simply royalties.
- music royaltiesPayments to artists for use
- streaming revenueEarnings from online playback
- record labelMusic publishing and distribution company
- franchiseeLicensed brand operator
- oil and gasFossil fuel pair
contract · licensing · copyright royalties · book deal · per unit · payment · mechanical · publisher · licensing agreements · usage rights · receipt · artist · copyright · commission · fair share · intellectual property · quality control · earnings
- franchisesfranchise, Star Wars, franchising, franchises, franchisor
- Licensing Termsroyalties, terms, conditions, exclusivity, duration
- franchise termsrenewal terms, termination clause, exclusivity, non-compete clause, sublicensing
- rightscivil liberties, constitutional rights, right, rights, human rights
- performance rightsperformance rights, broadcast rights, public performance, live performance, ASCAP
royalty feesbuyout
Purchase of controlling interest
lump sum payment · flat fee · upfront payment · work for hire · one-time payment
royalty feesroyalty-free
No per-use payments
public domain · creative commons · freeware · open access · gratis
royalty feescopyright transfer
Legal transfer of ownership
full ownership · title transfer · work for hire · open source · copyleft