Joining Stim

Before you join, we recommend that you read and understand the information below so you know what to expect from Stim.

What joining Stim means

If you are a creator of musical works, with or without lyrics, or if you own a music publishing company, you can authorize Stim to manage your rights. You do this by "joining" Stim, where joining is free of charge. Once you have joined, we ensure that you are paid when your music is played, regardless of where, when or how. However, Stim does not protect your music against plagiarism or theft.

What is the joining process?

By filling in and signing the online form or mailing the form to Stim, your membership is completed — and you thereby give your consent for Stim to manage your rights under the terms set out in the agreement.

When we have received and approved your application, you will receive a confirmation at the email address you provided and can then start registering your songs/works of music, reporting live performances and later also see how much you receive in Stim payments.

Right to restrict, extend or terminate the management assignment

If you later wish to restrict or expand the management assignment you have given to Stim, print out a new membership form and send it to Stim. You also have the right to completely terminate the management assignment — in that case you should contact Stim's member or publisher services.

Deductions from royalty income

Collecting money from our approximately 25,000 license customers and distributing Stim payments to our over 100,000 members requires staff and advanced technology. Therefore, a certain portion of the revenues from performed music that Stim collects each year goes to what we call administrative fees. A deduction is also made for the Stim Forward Fund, as Stim's members have decided that Stim should work for musical diversity and renewal. This involves initiatives for increased equality and diversity, working for strong copyright protection, grants to music creators, education, and engaging young people in creating music — initiatives that simply strengthen the Swedish music scene. You can read more about which deductions are made in Stim's statutes. You can also find information about Stim's deductions in Stim's annual report.

Your Stim payments — how your compensation is calculated

How much money you receive from Stim depends on several factors. The basic requirement for us to be able to pay you money for your music is that we have the correct information. Therefore you always need to register your musical works via My Pages.

Some things that affect your compensation are:

• How many people have been involved in writing the song and what percentage share each person has. The song may also be assigned to a music publisher, which means the publisher has a percentage share.
• How long the song is, as in the song's playing time in minutes and seconds.
• Where the music has been played and how much money Stim has collected for it.
• The scope of Stim's work.

Minimum payout amount

The minimum amount for receiving a payment from Stim is 100 SEK. If you do not reach 100 SEK, the money remains with Stim until you have reached the threshold.

To avoid missed or delayed payments, register your account number on My Pages.