UK Music Royalties - Made Easy!

Sarah Monument

Description

An essential read for musicians who want to maximise the money they make from their compositions and performances; and for record labels to understand sound recording copyright and mechanical licensing requirements!! This book gives a comprehensive overview of UK music royalties for artists and record labels, giving the reader a clear understanding of the basics of the Copyright Act 1988, licensing laws, royalty collection societies, performance and mechanical royalties, and music publishing.

Sujets

• Music industry

Informations

• Publié par: Help For Writers Ltd
• Date de parution: 18 août 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781910823200
• Langue: English

Extrait

The information in this book is correct to the best of my knowledge as of 10 th August 2017.
Copyright © 2017 Sonic Efficiency www.sonicefficiency.com Published by Help For Writers Ltd www.helpforwriters.me
All Rights Reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form without the prior written permission of the copyright owner.
Table of Contents 1 Copyright Law 2 Royalty Collection Societies 3 Rights of a Composer a Performing Rights Society (PRS) b Session Artists and Composer Royalties c Live Performances in Music Venues (including DJ gigs) d Broadcasting music (TV/ Radio) - PRS e Digital Streaming/Downloads - PRS f International Royalty Collection - PRS g Dispute Process - PRS h Music Publisher - PRS 4 Sound Recording Copyright – Performers and Record Labels a Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) b Session Artists and Performance Royalties c Broadcasting music (TV/ Radio) - PPL d Digital Streaming and Downloads - PPL e International Royalty Collection - PPL f Dispute Process - PPL g Video Performance Rights (VPL) 5 Mechanical Royalties a Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (MCPS) b MCPS Licence - Physical Product c MCPS Licence – Digital Product d Music Publisher - MCPS 6 Joint MCPS and PPL Licence – Pro Dub Licence APPENDIX 1 Using Samples in Music 2 Remixing a Track 3 Mash Up Tracks About the Author
1. Copyright Law
To understand music royalties, it is important to first recognise the difference between a composer and a performer. In this current day, many musicians are both - a musician/electronic music producer would write music and also perform it onto a recording to be released, as would a singer or rapper with their written lyrics.
Each of those roles (composer or performer) triggers separate royalty income totally independent of each other. Consider those individuals who may just be one or the other – such as a ghostwriter (composer only), or a cover artist (performer only).
Royalties are triggered as a result of the Copyright Act 1988. It is this legal document, which defines the “rights” of a composer, and the “rights” of a performer on a sound recording. It also defines the “rights” of the sound recording owner (which is by default the record label that recorded and released the music). Any “exploitation” of those rights (such as the sale, rental, broadcast or live performance of a body of work or a sound recording) generates a financial reward, called a royalty, due to the rights holder.
If “rights” are exploited without prior approval of the rights holder, this is called “infringement” and is illegal, and may result in a fine or even a prison sentence.
2. Royalty Collection Societies
Collection societies (often classed as Collection Management Organisations – CMO’s) exist to collect royalties on behalf of writers, performers, record labels and publishers. Royalty payments can only be made to the rights holder once they have registered with each society.
Royalty collection societies are independent, not for profit organisations. They do not keep any share of royalty payments– although they will deduct their operating costs for managing the collection of royalties, before making any transfer of money.
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