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Direct, sourced explanations of the systems between a song being used and its writers being paid.
Read the essential guide ↗The publishing library
Six guides.
One connected system.
Start with the composition, follow the royalty chain, then understand the registrations and administration that hold it together.
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Publishing Basics
02 guidesWhat is music publishing?
A clear introduction to music publishing, composition rights, royalties and the work a publisher or publishing administrator performs.
Music publishing administration explained
What a music publishing administrator does, how administration differs from ownership and what to inspect in an administration agreement.
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Royalties
02 guidesMechanical vs performance royalties
Understand the difference between mechanical and performance royalties, what triggers each right and how streaming can generate both.
How songwriters earn money from streaming
Follow the publishing royalty chain from a listener's stream to mechanical and performance income for songwriters and publishers.
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Rights & Registration
02 guidesWhat is a performing rights organisation?
Learn what performing rights organisations and collective management organisations do, which uses they license and how they pay songwriters.
Why music royalties go unclaimed
Understand why publishing royalties become unmatched or unclaimed, from missing metadata and ownership conflicts to incomplete registrations.
Put the theory to work