Neighbouring Rights Services

We collect Neighbouring Rights

Neighbouring Rights is an income derived from the exploitation of commercially released audio and audiovisual copyrights.

Neighbouring Rights income are generated from:

Broadcasting (Radio, TV and Digital)

License fees charged to Retailers, Bars, Restaurants, Factories & other outlets where music and films are played and aired openly

Private copying

Lending Rights

Cable Re-transmission

Other income streams depending on national legislation

Who is entitled to Neighbouring Rights Income?

Featured Singers and Musicians

Conductors

Non-featured Musicians

Performing Studio Producers

Actors

Record labels

Film and TV rights holders

We register our clients directly with each Copyright Management Organisation (CMO) around the globe

We provide diligent maintenance and registration with CMOs of our clients’ performances and catalogue

We are constantly exploring new territories and other income opportunities from Intellectual Property Rights

We distribute royalties quarterly

We provide personal approach to every client to maximise the collection of their entitlements from various income streams

We are actively supporting individual CMOs in lobbying for additional rights

“We are thoroughly impressed by Media IP Rights and their ability to collect AV rights worldwide in a highly effective manner - they are a pleasure to work with.” Rob Flanagan, Cutting Edge Group

I have been delighted with the improvement in incomes since Media IP Rights Ltd took control of the collections on my behalf. Great job guys, thank you! Mark King, Level 42

Manfred Mann

We are really very happy to have signed up with Media IP Rights, which has been collecting Neighbouring Rights for us for the past few years - most of which we didn't even know were there!They have done a fantastic job and we feel confident that this will continue to be a wonderful relationship! Our special thanks to Hanna, Steve and Sonia (who introduced us to the company) Keep up the great work! Sergio Mendes & Gracinha Leporace

Since appointing Media IP Rights for the administration and collection of our Neighbouring Rights entitlement our income has grown from strength to strength. Hanna and Steve make an important contribution to our label. Black Butter Records

About us

We offer comprehensive and successful worldwide royalties collection from individual Copyright Management Organisations.

Management

Hanna Grzeszczyk

Founder & Director

hanna@mediaipr.com

Steve Daniel

Founder & Director

steve@mediaipr.com

Global representatives

Sonia Lobo

Latin American Representative

sonia@mediaipr.com

North American Executive Representative

jane@mediaipr.com

LONDON

Head Office

60 High Street
Wimbledon Village
London SW19 5EE, UK

+44 (0) 20 8879 4214

info@mediaipr.com

PARIS

66 Avenue des Champs-Elysees
75008 Paris, FRANCE

+33 (0) 616 795 123

info@mediaipr.com

LONDON

PARIS

LOS ANGELES

RIO DE JANEIRO

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Hanna Grzeszczyk

Co-founder & Director

Co-founder and joint Managing Director of Media IP Rights Limited.

Hanna a Music Business Consultant with a longstanding experience in the industry with a particular focus on collection of royalties for performers, record labels and film production companies. Prior to launching Media IP Rights, Hanna worked at the first private Neighbouring Rights agency, The Rights Agency (RAL), where she managed and ran the International Department. She was responsible for administration and collections. Hanna was heavily involved in the business development of RAL which provided her with an enormous insight and understanding in the specialist field of Neighbouring Rights. Over her career she has been working on behalf of numerous high-profile artists such as Paul McCartney, Genesis, Sting, Elton John.

Hanna has worked with broad alliances such as the European Commission, European Parliament, Intellectual Property Offices, Ministries and Supervisory Authorities in countries including Poland, Austria, Belgium, Serbia. One of her many accomplishments was her involvement and contribution in the formulation of the EU Directive on “Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights and Multi-Territorial Licensing”. Hanna has been a “Speaker” at numerous seminars. She is a true expert on all Neighbouring Rights matters.

E hanna@mediaipr.com

Steve Daniel

Co-founder & Director

Co-founder and joint Managing Director of Media IP Rights.

Steve began his career as an accountant including being a partner for 20 years at the media Chartered Accountant firm Martin Greene Ravden (MGR). Whilst in practice Steve’s clients included but not limited to; Lawrence Olivier, Cliff Richard, Pet Shop Boys, Level 42, Eternal, Dina Carroll, Tears for Fears, Sugababes and many many more. He represented a number of independent record labels, publishing companies, artists’ management companies and numerous other associated media businesses. In 2008 Steve left practice to pursue a more hands-on business development function and was part of the management team, restructuring and subsequently, selling a number of independent record labels and private publishing catalogues.

Steve’s media business knowledge is exceptional and he brings a solid business acumen with strong principals of fair-play and the right level of adversary to insure the performers and copyrights holders are paid all they are entitled. He is a true master at the helm and together with Hanna responsible for the smooth running of our business

E steve@mediaipr.com

Sonia Lobo

Latin American Representative

Sonia Lobo works as Latin American Representative for Media IP Rights, based in Rio De Janeiro. Sonia is the main point of contact for all our Western Hemisphere clients and she has developed a very strong presence of the company in this market.

Sonia began her career in Music Publishing in 1996, administering all the work of Edu Lobo in Brazil and abroad. Being the daughter of the Brazilian composer Fernando Lobo and the sister of Edu, publishing and all related music business has been part of her life. Over the years she has been representing a number of highly successful Brazilian composers and performers, as well as involved with administration of Nossa Musica, part of highly successful Brazilian record label Biscoito Fino. Many of the most important Brazilian performers belong to the group of her close friends and entrust her with overseeing various sides of their activities. She has a strong business acumen and extensive network of contacts within the industry and is committed to make sure that the Latin American artists received all their entitlements including worldwide Neighbouring Rights royalties.

E sonia@mediaipr.com

Ania Burzynska

European Representative

Ania Burzynska is a professional with over 10 years of experience in the entertainment industry, copyrights and neighbouring rights administration.

After obtaining a Master Degree in European Cultural Politics at the Sorbonne University and being absolutely passionate about music, she started working for an independent record label in Paris. This experience gave her a deep insight into the music scene. Ania soon found herself working for the French Neighbouring Rights Collection society, ADAMI where she was involved in looking after both French national and international artists.

Following her departure at the beginning of 2018 Ania now works as Media IP Rights’ European Representative on overseeing our European based performing artists and other rightsholders.

Ania is fluent in several European languages, which makes her a good inter cultural networker.

E ania@mediaipr.com

Jane Owen

North American Executive Representative

Jane Owen is Media IP Rights’ North American Executive Representative, based in Los Angeles. She is involved in the business development of the company’s US side as well as maintains relationship with the US clients.

Jane’s background is in Public Relations. With over 20 years experience under her belt, Jane is one of the foremost public relations and event planning experts in the USA, and is well-known for her strong celebrity connections. She became an instant success shortly after setting up her PR company by winning the National Association of Professional Women’s prestigious ‘Woman of the Year Award’ for her work in the industry. She counts numerous Hollywood stars as clients and has organized some of LA’s most prominent events, including the Sundance Film Festival HBO party, Brit Week and the Golden Globes Interview Magazine event.

E jane@mediaipr.com

Our expertise is the successful collection of secondary rights income also known as Neighbouring Rights from traditional and digital sources.

We collect Neighbouring Rights

Neighbouring Rights is an income derived from the exploitation of commercially released audio and audiovisual copyrights.

Neighbouring Rights income are generated from:

Who is entitled to Neighbouring Rights Income?

We take away your Neighbouring Rights stress

“We are thoroughly impressed by Media IP Rights and their ability to collect AV rights worldwide in a highly effective manner - they are a pleasure to work with.” Rob Flanagan, Cutting Edge Group

I have been delighted with the improvement in incomes since Media IP Rights Ltd took control of the collections on my behalf. Great job guys, thank you! Mark King, Level 42

Manfred Mann

Since appointing Media IP Rights for the administration and collection of our Neighbouring Rights entitlement our income has grown from strength to strength. Hanna and Steve make an important contribution to our label. Black Butter Records

About us

We offer comprehensive and successful worldwide royalties collection from individual Copyright Management Organisations.

Management

Hanna Grzeszczyk

Founder & Director

Steve Daniel

Founder & Director

Global representatives

Sonia Lobo

Latin American Representative

Jane Owen

North American Executive Representative

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LONDON

Head Office

PARIS

LONDON

PARIS

LOS ANGELES

RIO DE JANEIRO

Hanna Grzeszczyk

Co-founder & Director

Steve Daniel

Co-founder & Director

Sonia Lobo

Latin American Representative

Ania Burzynska

European Representative

Jane Owen

North American Executive Representative