The National Music Publishers' Association has made a deal with SoundCloud.

The Rights Agreement will allow independent publishers and songwriters to receive royalties through the monetisation of content that contains their compositions on SoundCloud. 

NMPA President and CEO David Israelite (pictured) said: "This agreement ensures that when SoundCloud succeeds financially, so do the songwriters whose content draws so many users to their site."

"I am thrilled that we could agree on terms that will benefit both creators and ...