TONO is a cooperative owned and governed by composers, lyricists, songwriters and music publishers, and manages the economic copyright rights on their behalf for the music they have created and own. TONO authorizes the public performance of protected music across various platforms such as radio, TV, internet, concerts, and cinemas, among others, in return for a fee. TONO annually transfers its financial results to the rights holders of music that has been publicly performed.
As of December 31, 2023, TONO had 43,272 members. It also manages the rights in the Norwegian territory for millions of creators and music publishers affiliated with TONO’s sister societies across the globe.
The EU Directive on collective rights management (2014/26/EU) was adopted in 2014 and implemented into Norwegian law by the Law on Collective Management of Copyright etc., dated May 28, 2021, No. 49. According to this law, TONO is required to produce an annual transparency report. The information included in this report is, according to TONO’s understanding, in compliance with the requirements set for transparency reports in the Regulations to the Law on Collective Management of Copyright and the Law on Collective Management of Copyright.
It is TONO’s aim that the transparency report provides deeper insights and understanding of TONO’s operations, economics, and governance—not only to our members, sister societies, clients, the broader music industry, but also to other interested parties.
