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PUBLISHING & COPYRIGHT OUTCOME 2
Every time your music is used somewhere you are owed a royalty. For example, if it is pressed as a record the record company will pay a percentage of the record’s “dealer price” (the price charged to retailers) to the MCPS (Mechanical Copyright Protection Society) for them to collect on your behalf. ...
You do not need to sign a publishing contract in order to receive these royalties, however, signing to a publisher should provide many benefits, including less paperwork for you, cash up front and someone who will push your music into new markets. It is wise to find out before signing a contract whether the publisher takes his duty of exploiting your music seriously.
THE KEY TERMS & CONDITIONS OF A PUBLISHING CONTRACT
LENGTH OF AGREEMENT - this could be anything up to five years, however usually it is for an albums worth of songs with the songwriters given a year to compose the songs. ...
RETENTION CLAUSE - if the publisher does not exploit your songs within an agreed time then you have the right to gain back the copyright. ...
PUBLISHER’S OBLIGATION - this is an agreement between the publisher and artist as to how the publisher will protect copyright material, exploit your music, protect the moral rights of the artist etc.
MORAL RIGHTS - you and the publisher must agree as to what your moral rights are to ensure your music is used in the right manner. For example if you are a vegetarian you may not want it used in a McDonald’s commercial (the integrity right), you must also assert in the agreement that you retain the right to be identified as the author of your music (the paternity right).
THE ROLE & FUNCTION OF THE PUBLISHER
A music publisher will make as much money as possible for both himself and the artist he represents by exploiting their music to its full potential. ...
-Manufacture and distribute sheet music and demo recordings. ...
-Use their contacts nationally and internationally within the industry to ensure the music is being made available to those who may have an interest in using it, such as radio and TV broadcasters, advertisers, film score arrangers etc.
Approximate Word count = 1677
Approximate Pages = 6.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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