Music Publishing Flashcards
How do music publishers earn their income
they earn their income from the exploitation of copyright music and lyrics
How do record companies earn their income
they earn their income from the exploitation of copyright in sound recordings
What does a publisher do
Administration and collection
Licensing
Creative
What does administration and collection involve?
Collection of fees and royalties
Doing admin involved registering, maintaining & protecting copyright
Protecting works from unauthorised uses
What does licensing entail?
Persuading other users of music such as film, TV producers, advertisers & game developers to use the music
Publishing sheet music
License the use of music in special product or premiums
What does creative entail?
Pitching songs to record companies or other artists to use of the catalogue
Helping writers get record deals & funding demos
Assisting artists to record & release music
Assisting artists to find good management
Publishing income includes?
Mechanical & digital royalties Sales of sheet music Commissions Licensing for film, TV & advertising License fees for public performance License fees for public & broadcasting of works
What is Mechanical rights/royalties?
The mechanical copyright is the royalty paid to the owner of the copyright in music (or the lyric) in return for the license to include that work on a record - basically to reproduce it
Why is it called Mechanical royalty?
because in the days before the records, the main method of reproducing songs was music boxes and sheet music.
How do artists receive income from covers of their song?
Owner of the copyright in a composition can authorise the first release of a recording of that music to the public
But once that release has happened, anyone can then record and release a cover recording of the composition, as long as they pay the appropriate ‘mechanical license fee. The right to make covers is contained in the copyright act, and it is known as the ‘STATUTORY LICENSE’
Synchronisation - how do publishers allow a film or show use their song?
To allow them to do this, the film producer must obtain what is known as the ‘synchronisation rights’ to the music.
What choices does a film producer have for adding music in their film?
‘production music’ (also called ‘library music or mood library music’)
Commission a composer to write new music for the film
license particular tracks of materials that has already been released on record
sometimes all three.
