How does Elizabeth Music Group register songs with royalty collection societies around the world?
Simple Answer
Elizabeth Music Group has an in-house team that works diligently to register our clients’ songs with the appropriate royalty collection societies and pay sources around the world.
Detailed Explanation
Music royalties can come from many different countries, and each country can have its own performance rights organizations, collection societies, and royalty systems.
When a new song is received, our team reviews the available song and ownership information and works to ensure the composition is properly registered with the relevant organizations and pay sources.
This helps create a stronger foundation for collecting royalties generated by a song both domestically and internationally.
Real-World Example
A song created by an Elizabeth Music Group Publishing client may be streamed, played on radio, performed publicly, or used in another country.
Those uses can generate publishing royalties outside the creator’s home country.
Rather than assuming one registration covers the entire world, Elizabeth Music Group’s team works to register songs with the appropriate collection sources in different territories where royalties may be generated.
Common Mistake
A common mistake musicians make is believing that registering a song with one PRO means the song is automatically registered everywhere in the world.
International royalty collection can involve different organizations and systems, so accurate registration and ownership information is extremely important.
What Musicians Should Do
Musicians should provide accurate information about:
Song titles
Songwriters and producers
Ownership percentages
PRO information
IPI numbers
Agreements and supporting documentation
Keeping this information accurate makes the registration and royalty-collection process much more effective.
How Elizabeth Music Group Publishing Approaches It
Elizabeth Music Group has an in-house publishing team dedicated to song registration and royalty collection.
Our team diligently works to register songs with the appropriate royalty collection societies and pay sources, including organizations in the United States and international territories.
We believe publishing representation should be hands-on, transparent, and focused on actually getting musicians paid.
As new songs are received, our team works through the registration process rather than simply relying on musicians to figure everything out themselves.
Our goal is simple: register the music properly, monitor the royalty ecosystem, and help our clients collect the publishing royalties their music generates around the world.
