Royalties

[karafinman]

I sold a song on Pond5 and then got backend from it. It was on two movies on Lifetime Network. I was pleasantly surprised by this. I thought Pond5 was royalty-free.

[cosmicdolphin]

I sold a song on Pond5 and then got backend from it. It was on two movies on Lifetime Network. I was pleasantly surprised by this. I thought Pond5 was royalty-free.

There's no such thing as "" royalty free " if the track is used for broadcast and the writer is PRO affiliated.

It's just a marketing term for content creators who don't understand how the royalty system works.

[funsongs]

I sold a song on Pond5 and then got back-end from it. It was on two movies on Lifetime Network. I was pleasantly surprised by this. I thought Pond5 was royalty-free.

Congrats on your 'pleasant surprise'...!

[Casey H]

I sold a song on Pond5 and then got backend from it. It was on two movies on Lifetime Network. I was pleasantly surprised by this. I thought Pond5 was royalty-free.

There's no such thing as "" royalty free " if the track is used for broadcast and the writer is PRO affiliated.

It's just a marketing term for content creators who don't understand how the royalty system works.

True but not all RF libraries will assist with cue sheet filing. Some even have banners on their sites that say things like, "No messy cue sheets!". This particular library just recently changed their model such that they share in publishing and assist in cue sheets (but they take a larger share of sync for that). With some RF libraries you have to do your own admin and chase down cue sheets. You have to look at each RF library on a case by case basis. I knew one that won't accept writers that belong to a PRO! (Obviously, I would never want to work with them). A****s***x gives you the choice of them doing admin for the pub share or you doing it yourself. I opt for letting them do it and see ASCAP registrations they made with my title and a tag.

Congrats, karafinman, on getting the placement and backend pay!

Casey