INDUSTRY RESEARCH : ARTISTS
HOW DOES AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST GET PAYED?
A BUNDLE OF RIGHTS has been granted by the United States that include the right to profit from your Intellectual Property creations, so let's explore them...
COPYRIGHTS are the most productive way for an artist to profit exponentially for their complete works until the LIFE of the last surviving author ends PLUS 70 years at which point the work is placed in the public domain. Songs, song books, plays, pictures, images, photos, recordings, lyrics and melodies can be registered at the Library of Congress with as little as $35 usd or expedited ASAP for about $800 usd. The fees cover standard forms for (C) Lead Sheets of lyrics and melody registered as unpublished or published singles or compilations (SR) Sound Recording 30 second hooks or fully mastered recordings on contract from record labels, producers and independent creators (PH) Phonograph Recording with lyrics and music (R) Trademark titles and slogans for a limited time (P) Patent ideas or inventions and literary works.
DISTRIBUTED ( Lend, Rent or Lease)
PERFORMED (PRO) Performance Rights Organizations License Non-Broadcast Public view
DISPLAYED Publishing rights Mechanicals, Synchronization licenses, Grand Rights for Theater and New Media
BROADCASTED (S) Synch license or Blanket license for Radio, Film, TV, New Media
DERIVATIVES Permission to create derivatives from an original work
UNIONS like SAG, AFTRA, AFL/CIO charge a fee to protect an artist's rights & police the industry.
PERFORMANCE RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS like BMI, ASCAP & SEASAC manage royalties.
PUBLISHERS like Harry Fox Agency Acquire 25-50% of your Rights for 1 yr and exploit the works charging for performance licenses in public or broadcasts of radio, television or new media, mechanical licenses for other artists or companies that want to use the original work for advertising, marketing, printing. They also cover re-recording of the originals on major or independent labels and cover albums. They even represent software companies.
ROYALTIES are Collected and disbursed by the PROs, Publishers and Exchanges.
SoundExchange and SoundCloud have rate cards for Broadcast fees ranging from $49-$2000. BMI, ASCAP SESAC and Harry Fox have Mechanical fees ranging from .09c per 100k printed
Harry Fox has Grand Rights Performance/Synch Licenses fees of 9.1c < 5 min or 1.7c per min
CREATIVE COMMONS is a new way to protect your ownership and rights that allows works to be shared freely. They are beginning to MONETIZE this classification method by using (NC) Non-Commercial use (SA) Share Alike (ND) share with No Derivatives allowed (CC) (BY) to Give Credit to Authors for their work.
