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title: Does Kobalt / KOSIGN collect international mechanical royalties?
publisher: RapCanon
canonical: https://rapcanon.com/tools/royalty-coverage/kobalt-mech_intl/
license: CC-BY-4.0
retrieved: 2026-08-13
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> Partial. Sourced only at the level of global registration across territories. Its own collection society licenses DSPs directly and globally, but no itemised breakdown is published.

Royalty coverage

 
# Does Kobalt / KOSIGN collect international mechanical royalties?

 
 
Partly

 
Sourced only at the level of global registration across territories. Its own collection society licenses DSPs directly and globally, but no itemised breakdown is published.

 
 
What this stream is. The same songwriting payment, collected outside the US by other societies.

 Worth knowing about Kobalt / KOSIGN - ★ AWAL IS SONY MUSIC, not Kobalt. Anyone researching Kobalt distribution is looking at a Sony-owned company.
- Kobalt's famous neighbouring-rights arm went with it, so the belief that Kobalt handles your satellite-radio money is now FALSE.
- Not open signup. It screens on projected earnings.
- Widely-quoted "Kobalt takes 10%" figures date to 2015-era press. The published self-serve rate is 20%.
 
 
Read from Kobalt / KOSIGN'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

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RapCanon. (2026). Does Kobalt / KOSIGN collect international mechanical royalties?. Retrieved from https://rapcanon.com/tools/royalty-coverage/kobalt-mech_intl/

**BibTeX**
```bibtex
@misc{rapcanon-tools-royalty-coverage-kobalt-mech-intl,
  title  = {Does Kobalt / KOSIGN collect international mechanical royalties?},
  author = {{RapCanon}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://rapcanon.com/tools/royalty-coverage/kobalt-mech_intl/},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-08-13}
}
```

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