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Performance royalties training
- 2. Introduction
Introduction to performance royalties
Definition of performance royalties – owed to a songwriter & publisher when a
composition is ‘broadcast’ or performed in public.
Define skills and needs of participants
Performing Rights Organization (PRO) membership
Song registration
Searching performances
Claims submission
Distribution analysis
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- 3. Training Outline
Lesson 1: Music agreements & licenses
Determining ownership, composing rights and song title information
What’s the difference between a song title and a commercial title? Differentiating a
‘song’ from a ‘spot’ in registering and tracking titles
Lesson 2: PRO membership
Logging in, accessing catalogs & distributions
Lesson 3: Song registration
Registering titles at the PROs
Lesson 4: Finding performances
Competitrack code searching & digital detection systems
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- 4. Training Outline
Lesson 5: Submitting claims
Methods for submitting performance claims to U.S. PROs
Lesson 6: Distributions
Analyzing distributions & tracking payments
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- 5. Lesson 1: Music agreements & licenses
Music Rights Agreement (MRA) – considered a work-for-hire. Ownership
generally belongs to the agency (ad agency / advertiser)
Performance Rights Addendum – an addendum to an MRA whereby the
agency signs over the publishing rights
License – an agreement that allows usage of a title for a set period of time
with composing and publishing rights retained by Licensor
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- 6. Lesson 1: Music agreements & licenses
What is the difference between a ‘spot’ and a ‘song’?
A ‘song title’ applies to a piece of music with a particular melody
A ‘spot title’ is the title of a commercial in which a song title is used.
When registering a title, the piece of music should be registered. The
subsequent commercial ‘spots’ or commercial titles are submitted under the
umbrella of the song title.
NOTES:
Song title should be registered exactly as indicated in the agreement
Commercial ‘spot’ titles can be added as ‘alternative titles’ during song registration
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- 7. Lesson 2: PRO Membership
United States PROs:
ASCAP, BMI, SESAC
Each composer may be a member of one U.S. PRO.
A composer or publisher may have a publishing company at more than one U.S. PRO
Membership services – viewing catalogs & distributions
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- 8. Lesson 3: Song registration
Registering a song title
Online registration – ASCAP / BMI / SESAC
ASCAP & SESAC: Ownership shares are divided 50%/50% between
composers/publishers.
BMI: Ownership shares are divided 100%/100% between composers/publishers.
Song titles with composers/publishers from multiple PROs must have matching
ownership shares. A title with 25% ASCAP composer / 25% BMI composer must have
the same publishing ownership splits (i.e. 25% ASCAP publisher / 25% BMI publisher)
Commercial music registration or Library Music
Registering music from the composing side
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- 9. Lesson 4: Finding Performances
Competitrack codes (http://www.competitrack.com)
Competitrack ad codes are used by PROs to track ad airing data for
performance distributions
Search parameters:
All languages & channels
30 days before / after expected airdate
Advertiser / First line / Product
Listening to clips – listen to all ads and recuts
Quarterly searching – submitting new codes
International performances
Track all ad codes, including re-cut codes, and submit everything
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- 10. Lesson 4: Finding Performances
Digital Detection systems – Radio / Local / Sample Survey
Tunesat
Soundmouse – ASCAP
‘Landmark’ – BMI
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- 11. Lesson 5: Submitting claims
Claims submission
ASCAP
Submit claims through ASCAP Member Inquiries – include ASCAP claim form & music-
only (no voiceover) mp3 (320 kpbs)
BMI
Send a BMI checklist & mp3 (or a copy of the commercial) to promos@bmi.com
SESAC
‘Add jingle’ to online Registration
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- 12. Lesson 6: Distributions
Downloading distributions from the PROs
Applying Pivot Tables to view and analyze royalties information
Comparing distributions with claim submissions – capturing all
performances
Viewing census and sample survey information within distributions
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- 13. Summary of Training
Review Outline
Additional questions and follow-up
Resources:
PRO website information
Handouts
Works template (.xls)
Sample PRA form (.pdf)
Registration & distribution guides (.doc)
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