A pseudonym is a stage name or pen name that a music composer, lyricist or arranger may choose to use as their author name when registering a work. The pseudonym should be as personal and distinctive as possible to avoid confusion between different people.
If you wish to use a pseudonym in your work registrations, you must notify Teosto of this so that we can register it in your information. If the pseudonym is not registered, we will not be able to allocate and distribute the royalties collected for the use of the work to the right people.
A pseudonym can be public, “Teosto public” or secret. If a pseudonym is public, the real name of the author behind the pseudonym is also public information. In the case of a Teosto public pseudonym, other Teosto music author members can see the real name of the author behind the pseudonym. In the case of a secret pseudonym, no information about the author behind the pseudonym will be disclosed to anyone by Teosto.