Backbeat for Music Publishing

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Auto-ingest income statements

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Match to repertoire automatically

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Distribute royalty statements

Automatically register works via CWR, ingest the resulting income from any source then distribute statements to writers and publisher partners. All achieved automatically and seamlessly in minutes.

Automatically register works via CWR, ingest the resulting income from any source then distribute statements to writers and publisher partners. All achieved automatically and seamlessly in minutes.

1

Auto-ingest income statements

2

Match to repertoire automatically

3

Distribute royalty statements

Features

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Catalogue Management

Register songs with collection societies via CWR files

Receive ACK files from societies and record their works numbers for easy matching to subsequent royalties

Detail your songs along with their controlled and non-controlled writers and publishers

Define writers with CAE and IPI codes and link to publishers via agreements

Define Original Publishers with CAE and IPI codes and link to Sub-Publishers via Agreements

Clients and Agreements

Rates defined at source or net by client agreement

Define many clients for a Payee and cross-collateralise where necessary

Rates varied according to Income Type, Territory and Source

Define frequency of accounting – half-yearly, quarterly, monthly, annually; even off-quarterly etc.

Define payment terms – 90, 60, 30 days etc

Report to Payees in currency of their choice

Rates can be expressed as a royalty or unit rate in addition to the normal receipts basis

Link agreements to writers and publishers – no need then to link contracts song by song

Income Processing

Import your income directly into the database from whatever format is provided by your income sources and sub-publishers

Income consolidated over differing entities which can reduce an income file by up to 90%. You decide what your income database will process and what granularity your business requires

Automatically match income to songs by ISWC, works number and even title and composer. You decide how your income database will match and what your business requires

Unlimited number of Income Types. You decide how your income database will process and what your business requires

Report income in any currency, convert to base currency of host company and then pay out in currency of Payee

Select individual income lines and show prospective royalty liability online

Calculations and Statements

Royalty statements customised with your own logos and graphics

Email royalty statements direct to Payees

Powerful royalty engine calculates whole periods in minutes NOT hours

Calculations performed across all sales or by selected sales statement or source

Provisional calculations performed as accruals with no royalty liability recorded allowing for transparency and flexibility

Withholding tax and VAT applied where required

Royalty statements defined to show as much or as little as you need to report

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