Non-interactive streaming royalties are typically paid for streaming where users cannot select the exact track.

Non-interactive streaming royalties are typically paid for streaming where users cannot select the exact track.

• A. They are royalties paid for streaming where users cannot select the exact track
• B. They are royalties for on-demand streaming that requires user choice
• C. They are royalties for physical album sales
• D. They are royalties paid to live performance venues

Answer: (A)

Non-interactive streaming is the radio-style form of streaming where the listener doesn’t pick the exact tracks. The service curates a stream or station, so royalties aren’t paid per chosen track but for the transmission as a whole. In practice, this means the rights holders of the sound recordings (the artists and labels) receive royalties from the service through the appropriate digital transmission mechanism (often via SoundExchange in the U.S.). This differs from interactive, on-demand streaming, where the user selects tracks and royalties are accounted for on a per‑stream basis. It also isn’t about physical album sales or live performances, which involve different kinds of rights and royalties.

Non-interactive streaming is the radio-style form of streaming where the listener doesn’t pick the exact tracks. The service curates a stream or station, so royalties aren’t paid per chosen track but for the transmission as a whole. In practice, this means the rights holders of the sound recordings (the artists and labels) receive royalties from the service through the appropriate digital transmission mechanism (often via SoundExchange in the U.S.). This differs from interactive, on-demand streaming, where the user selects tracks and royalties are accounted for on a per‑stream basis. It also isn’t about physical album sales or live performances, which involve different kinds of rights and royalties.