Rights & Royalties

Sample clearance

Permission to use part of someone else's recording or composition.

Needs two clearances: master owner and publisher. Uncleared samples can trigger takedowns and loss of all income from the track.

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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.