The complex state of music publishing | E01
Welcome to the Music Publishing Office Hour Series.
Here you'll find detailed discussions between music publishing professionals from diverse backgrounds.
Everything you need to know about the complex state of music publishing—powered by Sounds Like Now.
In our first episode, hosted by Chuck Fishman and Olivier Rosset, our guests Michael Prommer (Defend Music), Michael Frick (No Friction Music), and Mark Lawrence (Believe, Sentric) answer questions and discuss the present and future state of music publishing.
(0:01) Intro
(1:43) As a songwriter with an ASCAP/BMI-registered publishing company, can a record label's publisher claim full publishing rights, and what are the registration implications?
(3:30) Without a publishing firm, do I automatically join the publishing firm that registers my songs? ASCAP needs equal songwriter and publishing shares, but I lack a publisher.
(5:40) Can my label's publishing division manage and register 100% of publishing rights for sync licensing when signed artists have their own publishing companies?
(10:20) What is an identified authoritative registration versus non authoritative ?
(11:20) What is a letter of direction and how do you file these (with US PROs) ? Can it be done online with ASCAP and BMI?
(16:13) What is a media plan for sync ?
(18:25) IMS Dubai on collecting copyright in the middle east
(21:10) What is Sentric Music ?
(25:20) How to find foreign songwriters and publishers credits ?
(27:04) Where is the global database for music publishing ?
(29:42) UK🇬🇧 and US🇺🇸 reciprocities
(32:37) Am I allowed to be a songwriter under two different publishing firms if they are both with the same PRO?
(35:34) Am I allowed to affiliate with more than one PRO in the US - aka have a songwriter IPI at BMI and ASCAP?
(37:18) Do a foreign writer needs to become an ASCAP member ?
(39:47) Am I allowed to affiliate with a foreign PRO outside of my BMI or ASCAP membership? (42:44) Collecting online mechanicals right from spotify and other DSPs
(43:03) AMRA Vs Sacem Digital Vs Ice
(45:49) How do you see publishing softwares and tools evolving in a near futur ?
(46:39) Collecting from Tik Tok and Youtube Shorts
(46:50) Publishing work is getting more complex
(48:55) UGC libraries
(51:32) The big question : What do you think about publishing in the next 2 or 3 years ?
(54:22) How can we match ISRCs and ISWCs ?
(55:40) Can we process quicker? Can we process with more accuracy?