Mechanical royalties
Money owed to the songwriter each time a track is copied or streamed.
Paid by streaming services, download stores and anyone pressing physical copies. Collected by societies or agencies such as MCPS, Harry Fox or Merlin partners, and often missed if your works are never registered.
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More rights & royalties terms
- Masters
The rights in a specific recording of a track.
- Publishing
The rights in the composition, melody, chords, lyrics, arrangement.
- Royalties
Payments earned each time your music is streamed, sold, played or licensed.
- PRO / Collecting society
Organisation that collects performance royalties for songwriters.
- Neighbouring rights
Royalties for performers and master owners when a recording is broadcast.
- Split sheet
A written agreement of who wrote what percentage of a track.