royalties

It's a complicated area, but royalties are generally split into two separate categories:

Two bills were introduced to parliament in 2017 aimed at giving actors "the right to earn royalties for the first time in South African history", according to Devnarain.

Sting’s former bandmates in the Police have sued the singer and bassist for what they claim are unpaid royalties over the group’s hit “Every Breath You Take.”

Where any royalties may have gone, he has no idea.

Aguilar thinks often of young, inexperienced artists who didn’t have the privilege of being in a family of savvy entertainers — those who run the biggest risk of getting cheated out of royalties.