What licenses does SoundExchange administer/what royalties does SX administer? SoundExchange administers the statutory license, which allows services to stream artistic content while paying a fixed rate for each play. SoundExchange collects and distributes royalties for the featured artist and the sound recording copyright owner when content is played on a non-interactive digital source. What royalties does SoundExchange NOT administer/Does SX cover downloads? Royalties for songwriting, publishing and composition are covered by organizations such as ASCAP, BMI and SESAC. Royalties for downloads are covered directly by the services that offer downloads. How are royalties distributed to the right person? SoundExchange takes great care to ensure that royalties are distributed to the correct person(s). Our Data Management team focuses entirely on ensuring that the millions of lines of data received from service providers is clean and matched correctly in our expa