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Why become a Member? 

Some statutory rights are only able to be asserted on a collective basis through a CMO. Individual members may therefore find it impossible (or difficult) to directly access monies arising from these statutory rights, especially from overseas. By acting on behalf of a large group of performers, BECS can enter into agreements which ensure that monies which might otherwise not be identified as due are collected and paid out to performers. The more performers join BECS as members, the more it will strengthen BECS’ position to get the best collections for UK performers and keep costs down through administrative savings.

Who can join as a Member? 

Members need to be either:

  • A Performer where at least one of their performances has been, or is reasonably expected to be, broadcast or recorded and fixed for subsequent visual or audio-visual use, or
  • A Performer Heir of such a Performer as defined in the BECS Constitution.

Are you a member of another Collecting Society?

Different collecting societies administer different rights. If you are already a member of a foreign collecting society you can still apply for BECS’ membership and assign rights to BECS that have not already been mandated to another CMO, either relating to the type of right (e.g. audio visual vs audio) or the region it relates to.

Please note it is important that you do not mandate the same rights to more than one CMO. Mandate conflicts will arise where you have signed a worldwide or regional mandate for the same rights with multiple CMOs. This could result in monies being held up at the originating society.

We are just a couple of weeks away from our summer distribution!

We don't need to know the who, the what, the when, the why or the where, but we do need to know if any of your details have changed.

Please let us know asap to avoid any delay with your payments - info@becs.org.uk

It's that time of year again!

We are finalising all the details for our Summer Distribution of 2025 and we don't want any payments to be delayed reaching our members so if your details have changed please let us know asap:

info@becs.org.uk

Our CEO, Tayyiba, has been very busy recently and has just signed another agreement - with @aipa_k

This is great news for our members who will start receiving payments from Slovenia soon

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We are very pleased to announce that we have just signed an agreement with the Slovenian collecting society AIPA @aipa_k

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