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Needletime Rights (noun)

Type: noun

Pronunciation: /need-ull-time-rights/

Also spelled or known as: Needletime-Rights, Needle time Rights

What does Needletime Rights mean?

Recording companies and recording artists’ rights to receive royalties when their work is broadcasted in public.

Needletime Rights are recording labels and recording artists’ rights to receive royalties when their work is broadcasted in public. Recording artists are paid for the public performance of their commercially released recorded performances, and record companies are paid for the public performance of their commercially released sound recordings.