A song that is written, co-written or owned by the artist on whose album it appears. See below for more about controlled composition clauses and how they affect artist contracts.  

A song that is written, co-written or owned by the artist on whose album it appears. See below for more about controlled composition clauses and how they affect artist contracts.  

The Association of Independent Music Publishers. A trade organization whose members include independent music publishers and other members of the entertainment community. The AIMP’s mandate is to educ [..]

The official government body that maintains records of copyright registration in the United States. Your work is technically copyrighted once it’s in tangible form, but registering it with the U.S. co [..]

A Sub-Publisher is a company that is assigned the right to administer songs outside of a publisher’s territory.  For example, an American publisher would engage the services of a sub-publisher in Germ [..]

The music composed for an audiovisual work, such as a film or TV show. Scores are often used to create a specific mood in a way that a perviously existing, licensed work cannot. Scores are often writt [..]

The act of taking material from a previously existing sound recording and incorporating it into an entirely new sound recording. Sampling began as a technique used by experimental composers, but becam [..]

Payments made on a per-use basis. In the context of music publishing, royalties refer to the income earned through the use of a song. This can include album sales, digital downloads, streams, radio ai [..]

Works that don’t have intellectual property protection are in the public domain, and can be used by anyone and for any purpose without the need of permission or the payment of a fee to the original co [..]

National Music Publishers Association. The trade association representing American music publishers and their songwriting partners. The NMPA’s mandate is to protect and advance the interests of music [..]