Some of the revenue streams generated from the Sound Recording Copyright include: How Can You Make More Money From Your Song Copyrights? If you sign a record deal, the record label acquires certain rights to the Sound Recording Copyright.
#Copyright registration for musical compositions license#
The revenue streams generated from the Sound Recording Copyright include record sales revenue (both digital and physical), and master use license fees (to use the actual recording of the song in film/tv/etc.). When a musical composition is recorded, a new copyright is created called the Sound Recording Copyright. If you don’t write your own songs, you are not entitled to revenues from the Musical Work Copyright, only the Sound Recording Copyright.Ĭopyrights in a Song: The Sound Recording Copyright For more on the different types of publishing deals, see my article here.
If you sign a publishing deal, you are giving up certain rights in your Musical Work Copyright. Mechanical license royalties (a fee paid per song for every copy of the song made), synchronization fees (if the song is ‘synced’ to film or television), and others.
This is from radio play, live performance of the song, etc. The revenue streams generated from the Musical Work Copyright include performance royalties. For more on What Constitutes Songwriting, see my article here. Whoever writes the composition is considered the owner of the Musical Work Copyright. Copyrights in a Song: The Musical Work Copyright They both involve different rights and sometimes different owners. It is important to understand that the two main copyrights in a song are separate and distinct. One in the recording of the song ( the Sound Recording Copyright). One in the written song itself ( the Musical Work Copyright). In every recorded song there exists two main copyrights. Our copyright system has developed in bits and pieces over decades, so there are layers of complexity at play here. Many artists I work with have a tough time understanding the different copyrights in a song.
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