Join Teosto
We take care of you and your music.
Composer-lyricist Chisu
Member of Teosto since 2001
Join us if you want to be part of Finland’s largest music authors’ community. As a member of Teosto, you get to use our wide variety of services!
You can become a member when you have at least one composition, set of lyrics, arrangement or translation that has been performed publicly or recorded as an audio or AV recording.
If you are over 18 and have Finnish online banking credentials or a mobile ID you can become a member online. Note! The bank identification process is currently available only in Finnish.
If you do not have Finnish online banking credentials or a mobile ID or you are under 18 years old, you can order the documents needed to conclude a membership.
Your business should join Teosto if publishing music is part of your regular activity. We will handle financial rights related to the use of your work, on your behalf.
For a one-time fee, you get access to all our services:
The membership fee is a one-time fee of EUR 125,5 (EUR 100 + VAT 25,5%). There are no annual fees. The membership fee will not be refunded if you terminate your membership.
When should you join Teosto?
As a new member, you might be interested to know how often your music needs to be performed publicly to make up for the one-time membership fee (125,5 euros). Here are some examples, assuming that the full work is played, its duration is at least three minutes, and the same author is both the composer and lyricist.
- 5 repeats on Yle’s national radio channels, such as Yle Radio Suomi, Yle Radio1 or YleX
- 50 repeats on a national commercial radio channels
- 250 repeats on local commercial radio
- 2-3 performances on Yle’s TV channel
- 25 performances on a commercial TV channel
- 100 performances (of a single song) at a small club or pub
- 2-3 performances (of a single song) in a larger concert
When you become a member of Teosto, you grant us the right to represent you and your works. However, you can choose the extent to which you want us to administer your rights. You can limit the authorisation given to Teosto to only cover certain rights, countries or geographical areas. You can also adjust your membership agreement after joining Teosto.
In such cases, it is a matter of self-administering. Self-administration means that you personally negotiate the use of your music and Teosto will not collect or pay remunerations for works or music use limited by self-administration. If you are self-administering your music, you must take care of these matters:
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- Personally negotiating the conditions and remuneration for the use of your music
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- Invoicing the royalties when your music is used
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- Notifying Teosto of each case of self-administration or granting of license