SSA looks after the collection and distribution of rights remuneration for a work Remuneration due to rights owners calculated based on the collections or the expenditure, payable when the work is used (depending on the category also referred to as authors' fees or royalties). To be distinguished from an honorarium or a fee paid for services in the case of commissioned work.... for its members, i.e. it issues invoices to the users, collects the respective remuneration and – after having deducted a share for its administration costs – passes it on to the relevant authors.