Updated: Licensing Guides for Broadcasters & Sync Professionals

We have updated and consolidated our licensing resources to better reflect how the Model Electronic Records catalog is used in today’s media environment, where broadcast, streaming, and platform-based usage increasingly overlap.

The following pages have been revised:

• Licensing Our Music
• FAQs about Licensing Our Music
• How to Work with Performing Rights Organizations (PRO)
• Model Electronic Records – Sync License Request Form

Main updates

• Hybrid licensing model clarified
  Broadcast and streaming programs covered by PRO blanket licenses can use our catalog as standard PRO-registered repertoire, while commercials, corporate content, games, and other branded uses are handled via direct one-stop sync licensing.
• Streaming originals vs. broadcast simulcast
  We now clearly distinguish between broadcaster-led simulcast / catch-up streaming and streaming originals (e.g., Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Disney+, Apple TV+), many of which require separate sync clearance.
• Platform music libraries (TikTok / Instagram / Facebook)
  We explain how our music can be used when selected directly from official in-platform music libraries, and when a separate sync license is still required for commercial or off-platform use. We also added a brief explanation of how YouTube Content ID may apply.
• Updated rights management in Japan
  Domestic authors’ rights are now administered by NexTone, with international uses handled via JASRAC. Neighbouring rights on the master side are distributed via ILCJ and RIAJ, reflecting a more robust framework for broadcast and secondary uses.

These updates are intended to make it easier for broadcasters, editors, music supervisors, agencies, and production companies to work with our catalog in a way that is both creatively flexible and legally straightforward.

If you are considering using music from Model Electronic Records in your next project, please refer to the updated guides above and feel free to reach out via the Sync License Request Form.