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title: Does CD Baby collect neighbouring rights via SoundExchange?
publisher: RapCanon
canonical: https://rapcanon.com/tools/royalty-coverage/cdbaby-neighbouring/
license: CC-BY-4.0
retrieved: 2026-08-13
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> Partial. The only company in this group that collects any SoundExchange money — and it collects the 50% RIGHTS-OWNER share only. The 45% featured-artist share still requires your own SoundExchange registration.

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# Does CD Baby collect neighbouring rights via SoundExchange?

 
 
Partly

 
The only company in this group that collects any SoundExchange money — and it collects the 50% RIGHTS-OWNER share only. The 45% featured-artist share still requires your own SoundExchange registration.

 
 
What this stream is. Payment for NON-interactive play of the recording — satellite radio, webcasting. In the US this is SoundExchange, and it is nobody else's job.

 Worth knowing about CD Baby - ★ The single most out-of-date belief in music distribution: CD Baby Pro Publishing ENDED in August 2023, and a large share of blogs, videos and comparison articles still describe CD Baby as a full publishing administrator. If you signed up expecting publishing collection after that date, you do not have it.
- Its partial SoundExchange collection is genuinely unusual and genuinely partial. Collecting the rights-owner share is not the same as collecting your artist share.
 
 
Read from CD Baby's own documentation on 2026-08-13. Check it yourself — and if it has changed, tell us.

 
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## How to cite this page

**APA**
RapCanon. (2026). Does CD Baby collect neighbouring rights via SoundExchange?. Retrieved from https://rapcanon.com/tools/royalty-coverage/cdbaby-neighbouring/

**BibTeX**
```bibtex
@misc{rapcanon-tools-royalty-coverage-cdbaby-neighbouri,
  title  = {Does CD Baby collect neighbouring rights via SoundExchange?},
  author = {{RapCanon}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://rapcanon.com/tools/royalty-coverage/cdbaby-neighbouring/},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-08-13}
}
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