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Royalties 101 - Publishing

Everything you need to know to get started in Music Publishing Royalties

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Welcome to Royalties 101. This course is designed to take you from having little knowledge in Music Publishing Royalties, through to having a strong grasp of all the rights and concepts involved.

Royalties 101 is structured as 12 lessons, plus some multiple choice tests along the way to test the knowledge that you've just gained. Each lesson will take you through an area of music publishing, building up your knowledge of the rights involved and how they're administered. At the end of the course, you'll find a glossary for all the music industry related terms.

Start with the video below, which will give an overview of how Music Publishing royalties work, and then we can dive into the lessons from there!

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Lesson 1: What is Copyright?

What is copyright? And how does it affect the rights we control in music? Discover why copyright means we need to report royalties

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Lesson 2: Flow of Revenues in Music Publishing

See where revenues flow from and to in music

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Lesson 3: Performance

When music is performed, how do publishers and composers get paid?

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Lesson 4: Mechanical

What are mechanicals, and how are they calculated?

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Lesson 5: Online

When it comes to online royalties, things get a bit more complicated.

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Lesson 6: Sync & Other Uses

How do sync and other uses generate revenues

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Lesson 7: A Publisher's Collection Network

Let's dive deeper into the world of society memberships and how you as a publisher can collect your publishing royalties worldwide.

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Lesson 9: How Income Data Is Shared With Publishers

Great, you're now earning revenue. But how will you understand what you are earning?

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Lesson 10: What Does a Publishing Deal Look Like?

What are the key terms and how should I understand them?

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Lesson 11: Example of a Royalty Calculation

Let's bring together everything we've learned to report some royalties

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Lesson 12: Introduction to Royalty Accounting Software

It may come as no surprise when we tell you the industry has built tools that can help deal with these complexities.

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Glossary

This glossary is a reference to all music industry related terms we have used in this course.

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Curve is a proud partner to over 500 labels, publishers and rights holders around the world.
“Having worked with Curve for over a year now, we can unequivocally say it is the best in class for music royalty accounting software. The platform’s intuitive approach has removed complexity around our process and streamlined our monthly reporting run in many ways. The Curve team has listened to our requirements and provided elegant solutions where necessary. With Curve we now have a powerful solution to our royalty calculation needs and a partner that we can confidently recommend to all our clients.”
Iain Catling CEO
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"Working with CURVE has been smooth and efficient; from on-boarding to the day-to-day usage, CURVE has been responsive and beneficial. The platform provides us with the detailed and transparent reporting we require, while seamlessly integrating with our systems. We look forward to the continued partnership and benefits that CURVE provides our teams."
Andy Kalyvas, Head of Royalties
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"We moved to Curve in 2018 and were immediately impressed with the usability and transparency of the platform. The switch and onboarding process was seamless thanks to Tom and the team’s prompt help. The speed of reports and sales uploads have improved the efficiency of our royalty department.”  
Craig Dawson, Finance Director
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"Curve has developed a nimble yet robust royalty system that builds on a deep well of knowledge from the past while simultaneously having eyes locked towards the future of the music business. The fact that it’s pleasing to look at, is definitely a bonus. Most importantly, their support is responsive and helpful. They are the perfect partner for us."
Timothy J. Trudeau - CEO
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"We were searching for a more flexible, user-friendly royalty system, and decided to leave the old, outdated accounting system.
On-boarding was seamless through the help of Matthias and the team.
Now we're able to optimize automated processes of metadata ingestions, royalty datasets, enabling us to efficiently process sales.
Definitely pleased with Curve's product. "
Stella Lam - Head of Royalties
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