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Royalties & Rights

17 music business terms in Royalties & Rights, explained clearly.

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A
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ASCAP→
ASCAP is a U.S. performing rights organization that licenses music and collects performance royalties on behalf of songwriters, composers, and publishers.
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B
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BMI→
BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) is a U.S. performing rights organization that licenses music and collects performance royalties for songwriters and publishers.
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C
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Content ID→
Content ID is a digital fingerprinting system developed by Google, primarily used on YouTube, to easily identify and manage copyrighted content.
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H
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Harry Fox Agency (HFA)→
The Harry Fox Agency is a leading U.S. mechanical rights organization licensing musical compositions for use on records, downloads, and interactive streams.
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M
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Master Recording→
A Master Recording (or "master") is the original sound recording of a musical performance, which is the definitive version from which all copies are made.
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Mechanical Royalty→
A Mechanical Royalty is paid to a songwriter and publisher for the reproduction and distribution of a copyrighted composition, whether physical or digital.
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Music Publishers Association→
The MPA (Music Publishers Association) is a U.S. trade organization representing music publishers and advocating for the value of music publishing.
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Music Publishing→
Music Publishing involves managing the copyrights in musical compositions and ensuring songwriters and composers are paid whenever their works are used.
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N
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Neighboring Rights→
Neighboring Rights are performance royalties paid to performers and sound recording owners when their Master Recordings are publicly performed or broadcast.
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P
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PRO→
A PRO (Performing Rights Organization) collects and distributes performance royalties to songwriters, composers, and publishers when their work is performed.
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Pay-Per-Stream→
Pay-Per-Stream is the royalty rate paid by streaming services to rights holders (artists, labels, and publishers) for each individual stream of a song.
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Performance Royalty→
A Performance Royalty is a payment made to songwriters and their publishers for the public performance of their copyrighted musical compositions.
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R
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Royalty→
A Royalty is a payment made to an intellectual property owner for the right to use their work, typically as a percentage of revenue or a fixed fee per use.
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S
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SESAC→
SESAC is a U.S. PRO that licenses music and collects performance royalties for its songwriter, composer, and music publisher members.
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Songwriting Splits→
Songwriting Splits are the agreed percentages of ownership and future publishing royalties allocated to each songwriter who contributed to a composition.
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SoundExchange→
SoundExchange collects and distributes digital performance royalties for recording owners and artists when music plays on non-interactive digital radio.
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W
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Work→
A Work is a musical composition, meaning the melody and lyrics of a song, as distinct from any particular recording of it.
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