Status of Covid-19 compensation for TONO members

The government announced on February 3 that it would grant up to NOK 40 million in compensation for authors and musicians' loss of royalties through TONO and Gramo. TONO is now in the process with the Ministry of Culture on how this compensation will be made in practice.

  / 18/03/2021 /

It was at a press conference on February 3 that the government led by Minister of Culture Abid Q. Raja announced that up to NOK 40 million of a stimulus package of NOK 165 million for established schemes in the cultural sector would be distributed to TONO and Gramo. The measure came on the basis that the rights holders were not covered by this autumn's compensation and stimulus schemes, something that TONO pointed out to the government a number of times throughout the autumn.

Read more: The government provides 40 million kroner to TONO and Gramo members

TONO has now applied to the Ministry of Culture for state support. The support will provide partial compensation for members' lost TONO income in 2020. However, the details of this are not yet clear. TONO has been, and is still, in a process with the Ministry to determine the exact amount and what guidelines the Ministry will include in the award letter. Once this is clear, TONO will be able to develop specific criteria and set a timetable for the disbursement of these funds.

We know that this is important to many of TONO's members, and will provide more information about this as soon as all details are clear.

Read more:
The government provides 165 million to established schemes in the cultural sector (press release, regjeringen.no, 3 February)
– TONO's members lay the foundation for the concert economy (tono.no, November 24)
Minister of Culture: We are working on the loss of TONO revenues (tono.no, November 20)
TONO asks for crisis aid for Norwegian authors and music publishers (tono.no, November 16)
TONO in consultation on the 2021 State Budget (tono.no, October 26)
TONO on the State Budget 2021 (tono.no, October 16)
This is what TONO thinks about the stimulation scheme for cultural events (tono.no, October 14)
Chairman Jørgen Karlstrøm at the Ministry of Culture (tono.no, August 27)
TONO's input to the revised national budget (May 15, 2020)