But i think that's what the collecting societies of each country are for. Not every artist/composer is a member of one though, so that's probably where those co

But i think that's what the collecting societies of each country are for. Not every artist/composer is a member of one though, so that's probably where those come from. What can happen is, that a rights holders music is played in another country so that this countries collecting society has to transfer the money to the respective collecting society in his country. The collecting society then splits up the money for that song among all rights holders (labels, composers, songwriters, etc.). That's where small percentages and sub-cent calculations come from. At least that's how it works in germany. The GEMA (german collecting society for composers and such) collects money for songs being played in germany. The rights holder may not be a member of the GEMA and as such the money will be transfered to the collecting society of the member. At least that's my understanding. See https://www.gema.de/en/musikurheber/become-a-member/information-on-membership/ https://www.gema.de/en/musikurheber/become-a-member/informat... for distribution on authors/composers/publishers.