It’s beyond the copyright
After long sleepless nights and your mind going 100 miles
per minute at times, you have finally finished writing a new song, or creating
a new piece of work. First order of business, suggested to you by any and
everyone is to make sure that you copyright your new piece of work. Now,
obviously the copyright is important, simply to make sure that no one else can
steal you work, or duplicate it and claim it as their own. The only issue is,
no money is generated from copyrights.
This is where publishing comes into play. To receive the
appropriate payouts/royalties for your new piece of work, it is imperative that
you register it with a publishing company. It is quite common for new artists
to register themselves with their own publishing company. It can be nice to
eliminate the extra and make sure your royalties come directly to you, through
your company. But where do you go
and who do you talk to, to register your publishing company?
Three of the major industry leaders in music rights
management and providing royalties for publishers, composers, and authors, are American Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers (ASCAP), Broadcast Music
Inc. (BMI), and EMI Music
Through each of these companies, a new artist, publisher or
author, can register themselves as such, and begin to receive all of the
performance rights and royalties that are due them. When deciding which company
is best for you to join, do your research on each one. It is imperative to find
out which performing rights company caters mainly to your genre of music or
works. The companies may even differ in the schedule they use to do royalty
payouts, i.e. yearly, quarterly, etc.
There are several factors that will go into choosing the
best performance rights company for you. Best thing to do it, make sure you
choose one and begin registering yourself and your work, immediately.
No comments:
Post a Comment