If you are a singer, musician, or featured artist whose performance is captured on a recording, you qualify as a performer under UAE copyright law.
For performers
If your performance is captured on a recording that is played, broadcast, streamed or used publicly or commercially in the UAE, EMRA protects your rights in that performance and collects the royalties it earns.
General Information
Performers can join EMRA when their recorded performances are used on radio, television, or played in public and commercial spaces such as venues, retail locations, and hospitality environments.
Once you become a member, EMRA helps protect your economic rights, monitors the use of your works, and ensures that royalties generated from licensed use are collected and distributed fairly, in accordance with UAE Federal Decree Law No. 38 of 2021 and relevant international treaties.