You'll gain a detailed understanding of song and recording copyrights as well as deals, revenue streams, industry trends and money flow in both the music publishing and recorded music sectors. Explore collective licensing, the evolving role of labels and publishers, and expanding artist deal options. This bundle covers the essential rights, revenues and deals relating to songs and recordings in the modern music ecosystem.
Two of our most popular CMU Masterclasses
Recording Rights + Record Deals looks at how recording rights work and how the industry generates revenue around these rights.
Song Rights + Publishing Deals looks at how song rights work, the crucial role of collective licensing, and how songs generate revenue.
For each key revenue stream, we look at recent trends and how the money flows.
We'll examine the evolving role of the record label and record deals, and the choices artists now have when picking a business partner around their recorded music.
Plus we consider the role of the music publisher and how publishing deals work.
Topics covered in this bundle
Copyright basics
Recording revenues
Song revenues
Collective licensing
How revenues are managed
Business partners
Role of the record label
Record deals
Options for artists
Royalties + Remuneration
Music publishers
Publishing deals