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Do I have to start my own "publishing house" to collect publishing royalties?
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 2:03 am
by Strangesound
Hey guys,
some songs of mine were fowarded and for the first time a music library contacted me via eMail for the further use of a song.
They say I keep my publishing, which is great of course, but I'm not sure if I can collect these publishing royalties via my PRO, without opening up my own publishing house.
How do you guys handle this?
Thanks!
Re: Do I have to start my own "publishing house" to collect publishing royalties?
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 9:07 am
by hummingbird
Check with your PRO. With mine (SOCAN), if no publisher is listed in the song registration, then publishing automatically goes to me. Other PROs might want you to register with them as a publisher in order to get the publishing (create a publishing company for yourself and register that as the publisher).
Re: Do I have to start my own "publishing house" to collect publishing royalties?
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 5:08 pm
by Strangesound
Good to know, thank you!
Re: Do I have to start my own "publishing house" to collect publishing royalties?
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 6:35 pm
by VanderBoegh
Depends on your PRO, I think. If you're with ASCAP, it only costs like $50 to create a publishing entity.
~~Matt
Re: Do I have to start my own "publishing house" to collect publishing royalties?
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 7:04 pm
by markhimley
I have heard with BMI that you can just claim "excess writer's clearance" which is essentially just getting the publishing if no publisher was listed - like what Vikki said.
I am with BMI, however I didn't want to risk it, so I forked out the $150 to create my own publishing company as I am in a similar situation as what you've listed. HTH
Re: Do I have to start my own "publishing house" to collect publishing royalties?
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2017 1:17 am
by Strangesound
Thanks guys! I'm living in Germany, so I will call my german PRO and talk about it. The procedure should be similar
