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10. Your Actionable Royalty Collection Checklist

Part 1 • Two Components of the Publishing Royalty: Performance and Mechanical

To ensure you collect 100% of your publishing royalties:

<ul> <li>✓ Affiliate yourself as a **songwriter** with a PRO (ASCAP or BMI).</li> <li>✓ Register your **publishing entity** (even if it's just you) with the same PRO.</li> <li>✓ Register your songs with your chosen PRO.</li> <li>✓ Sign up with a **publishing administrator** (e.g., Songtrust, TuneCore Publishing).</li> <li>✓ Your publishing administrator will then register your songs with **The MLC** (for US mechanicals) and various international collection societies.</li> </ul> By diligently completing these registrations, you ensure that both the Master Recording Royalty and the Publishing Royalty streams flow directly to you, securing 100% of the income your music generates.

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In this module: Two Components of the Publishing Royalty: Performance and Mechanical10 steps
  1. 1The Publishing Royalty: An Overview
  2. 2Performance Royalties: For Public Performance
  3. 3Collecting Performance Royalties: Performing Rights Organizations (PROs)
  4. 4Mechanical Royalties: For Reproduction and Distribution
  5. 5Collecting Mechanical Royalties: The MLC and Publishing Administrators
  6. 6The "Black Box" Problem: Uncollected Royalties
  7. 7The Publisher Role: Even If It's Just You
  8. 8Strategic Implications: Maximizing Income from Every Stream
  9. 9The Dual Registration Mandate
  10. 10Your Actionable Royalty Collection Checklist