Music publishing Flashcards
music publising and licensing
taking a songwriter’s work to the market for the purpose of generating revenue
Clout
Influence, leverage , market power (usually of an artist)
what will copyright be apply on
the song itself
What will Phonogram will be apply on
actual recording of the song
what does the role of the publisher includes?
- Administration
- Exploitation
what is within the administration aspect in the music publisher’s role?
- primarily the registration of copyrights,
- the performance rights
organizations (PROs), and - the collection of any revenue generated
what is within the exploitation aspect in the music publisher’s role
the act of getting songs/compositions placed across venues and
media to maximize the value of a copyrighted work
What are the types of Publishers
- Majors
- Major affiliates
- Independents
- (self-publishing)
what is the typical deals
- Full Publishing
- CD publishing
- Administration
how will full publishing’s share be divided?
50/50 between writer and publisher
How will CD publishing’s share be divided?
50: Writer
25: Writer as co-publisher’s share
25: Publisher’s Share
How will Administration’s share be divided?
90: Writer
10:Publisher
what are the liscence types?
- performance license
- Mechanical license
- synchronizarion(sync) license
- print license
- others
where do the revenue source come from?
- performance license:Radio, Clubs
- Mechanical license: Records
- synchronizarion(sync) license: Movies, TV
- print license: Sheet Music, Books
which is better:
Master’s rights or publishing rights?
- Masters rights is better in most cases
- but in the rare case where one knows a song will be recorded multiple times, piblishing rights will be better
- sometimes these two overlap, but sometimes they don’t
for example, the song” what a wonderful world”
