ANNUAL SUPPLEMENTARY REMUNERATION

The Annual Supplementary Remuneration (“ASR”) was established under Legislative Decree No. 22 of 21 February 2014, which transposed EU Directive 2011/77/EU into Italian law. This Directive extended the term of protection for sound recordings first made available to the public on or after 1 November 1963 by an additional 20 years — from 50 to 70 years.

ASR constitutes a statutory payment due to performers who took part in the production of sound recordings first published from 1 November 1963 onwards, provided they do not receive recurring remuneration from the phonogram producer in the form of royalty payments.

The entitlement to ASR is non-waivable and applies directly to the performers concerned or, where applicable, to their legal heirs.

By law, ASR corresponds to 20% of the gross income earned by phonogram producers, from 2014 onwards, through the commercial use of eligible recordings. This remuneration is disbursed by the producers via collective management organisations, such as ITSRIGHT, irrespective of whether the performer (or their heirs) has granted them a formal mandate to manage this right.

When are you entitled to ASR?

You are entitled to receive the Annual Supplementary Remuneration (ASR) if:
  • you performed on a sound recording first published on or after 1 November 1963, or you are the legal heir of an artist who did so;
  • the phonogram producer has not granted you recurring remuneration (i.e. percentage-based royalties) for the commercial exploitation of those recordings;
  • since 2014, the producer has generated income from the economic use of those recordings through reproduction rights (including synchronisation in audiovisual works or advertising), distribution rights (such as the sale of physical formats), and making available to the public via the internet (through both streaming and downloading).

Your ASR is managed by ITSRIGHT

Since 2023, ITSRIGHT has entered into specific agreements with the main Italian record producers to collect and manage the ASR legally due, in the interest of all eligible artists — regardless of whether the artist has granted a mandate to any collective management organisation.
In line with these agreements, ITSRIGHT has:
  • started receiving detailed data from record labels concerning phonograms published since 1 November 1963, along with the corresponding ASR amounts calculated and owed under the law;
  • launched procedures to identify eligible performers and to distribute the ASR accordingly, based on agreements concluded with other collective management organisations operating in Italy.

As of 25 July 2025, the total amount of ASR paid by record producers under agreements signed with ITSRIGHT is summarised in the following table:

Year in which ASR accrued

 Year of first publication of the recording: From

 Year of first publication of the recording: To

 Year of ASR payment

 Total ASR paid (thousands of €)

 Number of recordings reported by producers (thousands)
2014
1963
1963
2024
28,82
14,5
2015
1963
1964
55,91
36,6
2016
1963
1965
74,92
64,3
2017
1963
1966
111,33
104,3
2018
1963
1967
226,12
218,9
2019
1963
1968
270,74
521,4
2020
1963
1969
328,17
502,4
2021
1963
1970
514,40
557,9
2022
1963
1971
606,0
616,8
2023
1963
1972
851,75
789,2
2024
1963
1973
2025
404,24
639,3

The table will be updated progressively as ITSRIGHT receives new accounting reports from record producers and/or upon the signing of additional agreements with them.


How is ASR calculated for each entitled performer?

ITSRIGHT has entered into specific agreements with other performers’ collective management organisations operating in Italy to govern the allocation of ASR accrued on each recording, the identification of entitled performers, and the distribution of ASR in their favour.

Under these agreements, the ASR due to each performer is calculated by dividing the total amount attributed to an individual recording among all eligible performers, regardless of the role (featured artist or session musician) they played in the recording.

ITSRIGHT and the other collecting societies will also retain the ASR share attributable to performers who have not granted them a mandate for up to 10 years from the end of the calendar year in which the ASR was collected.

How to claim your ASR payment

If you are a registered performer with ITSRIGHT or another collecting society to which you have granted a mandate, your ASR will be paid automatically along with your regular royalty distributions.

If you have not authorised any collecting society, and you are a performer who took part in recordings first published on or after 1 November 1963 (or are the legal heir of such an artist), please contact us by email at ras@itsright.it, providing, if known, the following details:
  • A list of the recordings in which you (or the artist you represent as heir) participated, first published on or after 1 November 1963;
  • your role (or the role of the artist you represent) in those recordings (e.g. lead performer, session musician, conductor, orchestra member);
  • the title of the album or release containing the recordings;
  • the name of the record label that originally published the recordings, if known.

This information will help ITSRIGHT and other performers’ collecting societies to identify rightful claimants more efficiently.

In any case, in line with our commitment to full transparency in the management and distribution of ASR, you may consult here the lists of recordings for which ASR payments have been received from record producers: ogni elenco qui sotto corrisponde a un pdf


(last update on 25rd of July, 2025)

Service fee

The service fee charged by ITSRIGHT for managing ASR corresponds to the standard commission rate applied to its general mandate holders. Currently, this is set at 15.5% of the amounts distributed.

Further information

For further details, feel free to contact our offices:
Gian Marco Granata | T. + 39 02 66668932 | ras@itsright.it |