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Collecting publishing royalties with SESAC

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

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The SESAC registration route

Check affiliation eligibility before treating SESAC as a default registration route. The society's role concerns compositions; it is not an alternative to distributing recordings. Keep composition and master agreements separate even where the same producer contributes to both.

  • TerritoryUnited States.Source: SESAC affiliation. Checked . Licence: official
  • RightsPerformance rights in compositions.Source: SESAC affiliation. Checked . Licence: official
  • AccessAffiliation is selective rather than an open automatic signup.Source: SESAC 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.

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SESAC affiliationChecked · Licence: officialhttps://www.sesac.com/what-we-do/

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