Retrospective Publishing

[michael11]

This will probably sound a bit Irish but under the circumstances........................

If I have some pieces out there and they start picking up some plays,air time,licenses etc etc and I haven’t already assigned publishing.

Is there any reason why I couldn’t form my own publishing or is it too late after the even,the event being, the tracks already in the public domain.


I should say,these are pieces that I didn’t think were good enough to place in libraries but some people thought differently.

My library work is fastidiously monitored and overseen.

Michael.

[andygabrys]

don't know about the UK....

but in the US, if you are a BMI member for example, they have a thing called excess writers clearance. So if you don't already have a publisher who has signed the piece, it sort of works like this.

Registering a song as just the writer isn't a problem, they actually give you 200% of the song to account for the publishing side as well. its a crazy system. You can go in after the fact and split that out to say be 100% writers for Michael and 100% publishers for Michael's pub(lishing) company.

hth!

[michael11]

Thanks Andy!

Hope PRS do something similar.

Michael.

[Casey H]

Hi Michael
You should contact PRS and ask them how it works with them.

Here in the US, with BMI you don't need a publishing company to collect publisher's share. But with ASCAP, you do.

Also, here in the US, PROs generally look back 6 months so if you sign up after there has been airplay, it should be caught.

Obviously, I know nothing about how it works across the pond.

Good luck and congrats on the airplay!

Casey

[michael11]

Hi Michael
You should contact PRS and ask them how it works with them.

Here in the US, with BMI you don't need a publishing company to collect publisher's share. But with ASCAP, you do.

Also, here in the US, PROs generally look back 6 months so if you sign up after there has been airplay, it should be caught.

Obviously, I know nothing about how it works across the pond.

Good luck and congrats on the airplay!

Casey

Hi Casey,

I will do as you suggest.

Always great to hear from you.

Michael