When you sign a membership agreement with TONO, you entrust the financial management of your musical works to us. This allows you to earn income from your music that you would not otherwise have received.
You own the copyright in the songs and works you create. When you join TONO, we grant you a license to publicly perform your musical works, whether at concerts, streaming services, radio, TV, at the hairdresser's or other public settings. We ensure that you are paid TONO royalties when your music is used.
More than 46,000 Norwegian songwriters, composers, lyricists and music publishers have become TONO members. Some make music full-time, others write music in their spare time. In TONO there is a place for everyone who writes music that is performed publicly. Below you will find information on how you can apply to become a member of TONO. We look forward to hearing from you!
Application criteria for originators are as follows:
You must be able to reference at least one original written work, or approved arrangement, that is either:
a) Performed publicly (live, TV, radio, etc.), and which can thus generate TONO settlement
b) Recorded on CD/DVD etc. and released by a record label for distribution and sale.
NOTE! Own digital releases, e.g. on iTunes, TIDAL, Spotify etc. also meet the conditions.
Please note that the work referred to in the application will not automatically be registered in TONO. Once the application has been granted, you must remember to register this, along with any other works, with us.
For music publishers, separate conditions apply:
The publisher must have an agreement with at least one author of a published musical work.
A copy of the publishing contract for this work must be attached to the application. A copy of the company certificate from Brønnøysund must also be attached, as well as a published copy of the work. However, the latter does not apply if the applicant is a sub-publisher. If the applicant is a sub-publisher, it is sufficient to have obtained the above from the original publisher who has an agreement with the author.
The publishing contract must be in accordance with TONO's distribution plan. Reference is made in particular to §14.
Here you can download the application form for music publishers.