As if it wasn't complicated
enough, there is a separate
royalty that writers of an
original song get. At the
current rate as of this date
(9/1/08), if you own all the
writers that's $.04 per unit and
various amounts form media play.
These royalties are paid out
only by the Performance Right
Organization that you have
joined. that being said,
in order to get paid your song
had to have had been played on a
publicly broadcasted facility.
Back in the day this was a
heralded piece of the pie that
became diluted after the advent
of the internet and digital
downloading. I remember
just getting a song on an album
guaranteed you some money.
However, it's still a very
important part of the royalty
game and if you wrote a track
that's on TV or radio, you might
be in for a pay-day.....that's
if you have registered with a
PRO.
In
this video I talk about the many
different ways the writers
percentage gets money in your
pocket. If you get a track
on TV, that could really be a
killer pay out. |
