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Collecting publishing royalties with BMI

A sourced BMI publishing-registration guide for beat producers. Understand composition rights, registration roles and recording-rights boundaries.

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The BMI registration route

Decide on your US performance-rights affiliation before registering works. A song with multiple writers can involve more than one writer's society, but each person must register the shares they actually control. Keep your IPI and publisher details consistent across registrations.

  • TerritoryUnited States.Source: BMI songwriter affiliation. Checked . Licence: official
  • RightsPublic performance rights in compositions.Source: BMI songwriter affiliation. Checked . Licence: official
  • Affiliation rolesSongwriter/composer affiliation and publisher affiliation are separate.Source: BMI songwriter affiliation. Checked . Licence: official

Prepare the ownership information first

Agree the composition shares in writing. Keep writer names, IPI numbers, publisher identities, song titles and recording identifiers consistent. A producer credit establishes a creative role, not a particular royalty percentage. Check existing administration agreements before assigning collection rights again.

What distribution does not do

Master recording distribution, composition administration and performance affiliation are separate services. Dreamhause's optional publishing administration is US$65.00 one-time, with 85/15 on publishing royalties and 60/40 on sync. It is not included in the US$9.00 annual distribution fee. Eligibility and society membership requirements still apply.

Sources

BMI songwriter affiliationChecked · Licence: officialhttps://www.bmi.com/join

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