Nordisk Copyright Bureau
Music on video, film, DVD-video
- covermounts & premiums
Covermounts: A covermount is a CD or DVD bagged with or affixed to a newspaper or magazine and supplied free or against a token amount - e.g. to cover handling, forwarding charges or the like.
Premiums: A premium product is a CD or DVD supplied free with another merchandise or service or against a token amount - e.g. to cover handling, forwarding charges or the like.
Tariff rates
The tariff rates applied are the same as the applicable minimum rates covering the format in question - please refer to our price list AV rate card section 4 "Music in audio-visual productions - private use".
'Sale or return' and volume based tariff rates
If your agreement with your customer includes a sale or return provision and you want to benefit from this when accounting royalties to NCB, you must clearly indicate this in the application form (link to the application below).
If your agreement does not include a 'sale or return' provision, but you want to apply NCB's volume based tariff rates instead, you must indicate this in the application form (link to application below).
In the application form you can see the conditions for applying 'sale or return' or volume based tariff rates.
Licensing terms
The licensing terms that apply to covermounts and premiums are NCB's general Mechanical Licensing Terms - Audio-visual Products. It is a condition that NCB has received your application as well as payment before your products can be released from the pressing plant.
Application form, rates and licensing terms
Application form - covermounts & premiums - Word document
Application form - covermounts & premiums - pdf document
AV rate card
- section 4 "Music in audio-visual productions - private use"
Volume based tariff rates/feature films - cannot be combined with a 'sale or return' provision (se instructions in the application form)
Mechanical Licensing Terms - Audio-visual Products - these terms also cover premiums and covermounts
