Writer's Share vs Publisher's Share | Explaining Song Ownership Shares in Music Publishing

[@hurtspublishing3906]

I love songtrust

[@benja303]

Every Song is Split into Two Parts
1. Master Recording
2. Composition
In this Video we are focusing on the Composition :
The Types of Royalty it Earns:
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There are two types of Royalties
i) Performance Royalties
Performance royalties are earned when your song is performed or played live
ii) Mechanical
Mechanical royalties are earned when your song is physically or digitally reproduced
Ownership Shares:
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There are two shares to Discuss,
A) Writers Share
B) Publishers Share
A) Writers Share
- The Percentage of ownership of a given work owned by the writer
- Paid directly to you by your home collection society
- No writers shares are earned from a Mechanical Royalty, only publishers share.
- You as the creator would need to go through a publisher, it would go through your publisher or publishing entity
B) Publishers Share
- The Percentage of ownership of a given work owned by the creator until you enter a publishing agreement
- If you have no publisher you are a publisher

[@MusicRoyaltiesExplained]

WONDERFUL EXACTLY WHAT WE TEACH KEEP EDUCATING

[@artsavasi]

Let's say you are buying a beat with exclusive rights off beatstars or another website from a total stranger and it says 50% publishing share. If you wrote the lyrics solely by yourself, what does the 50% publishing share allude to as far as the producer collecting royalties?

[@thefishproductions17]

very helpful

[@dukeaymon]

Wonderful information that, really helped, me, understand this, better.
Only criticism is, that the speaker, has a speaking style like, William Shatner

[@hecbeats]

Very educative

[@1_jahwarrior]

Any video presentations on explaining the master recording side of publishing/royalties?

[@3rd225boy]

So if going through song trust I’ll automatically be considered the publisher but will be giving 15% of the royalties to them as payment. Am I correct?

[@88PLR]

Yup

[@ChrisJohnsonTV1980]

@@88PLR so when you own your own publishing you get to negotiate the % and you can still use SongTrust as publishing admin right?

[@MrBigo27]

If a writer is signed up as a writer with their PRO, but not signed up as a publisher, do Songtrust collect the publishing share on behalf of the writer?

[@andrefavreau9818]

Is this just a USA share? Because I don't think SOCAN works like this in Canada.

[@songtrust]

Hi there, feel free to check-out: help.songtrust.com/knowledge or send us a question through www.songtrust.com/contact-our-team

[@3pointsproductions692]

What about the master recording side of things? Did you guys do a video on that also?

[@LucLoewen]

If a beat lease license doesn't mention publisher's share, but only states that writer's share is split 50/50 between me, the licensee, and the original producer of the beat, does this mean I only would owe the producer 50 percent of my performance royalties?

[@LucLoewen]

@@ΠέτροςΑρβανιτίδης it doesnt mention publishers share at all, hence my question, hehe.

[@ΠέτροςΑρβανιτίδης]

@@LucLoewen contact the producer you leased the beat from.

[@iamm3109]

Very helpful! Thank you!

[@ttmthembuaudioandvisually1900]

Hey

[@taylorb6374]

what does it mean if the producer owns 100% of publishers share :/

[@taylorb6374]

@@songtrust Thank you :)

[@Louis-sv6gs]

@@songtrust do i only give my song writers publish royalties??