PRO / Collecting society
Organisation that collects performance royalties for songwriters.
Examples: PRS, GEMA, SACEM, SIAE, ASCAP, BMI, APRA. Register as a writer and register every track, then submit setlists from your gigs so club and festival plays get paid.
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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.
- 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.
- Sample clearance
Permission to use part of someone else's recording or composition.