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== Guidelines ==
== Guidelines ==


* An artist can only be affiliated with one rights society at a time. It may be tempting to add relationships for each society in which that artist's works are licensed, but DO NOT DO THIS. Check a works search engine like ACE (https://mobile.ascap.com/aceclient/AceClient/) or Repertoire (http://repertoire.bmi.com/) for the artist's affiliation and ONLY relate that artist to the society you see listed.
* An artist can only be affiliated with one rights society at a time. It may be tempting to add relationships for each society in which that artist's works are licensed, but '''do not do this'''. Check a works search engine like ACE (https://mobile.ascap.com/aceclient/AceClient/) or Repertoire (http://repertoire.bmi.com/) for the artist's affiliation and '''only''' relate that artist to the society you see listed.
[[Category:Proposed Relationship Type]]
[[Category:Proposed Relationship Type]]


* Rights societies only pay royalties to publishers. NO OTHER Label type is to be used for this relationship.
* Rights societies only pay royalties to publishers. '''No other Label type is to be used for this relationship.'''


== Notes ==
== Notes ==


* In release liner notes you sometimes see rights societies' names listed alongside publishers. This does NOT mean that the societies published works themselves. The rights societies' names are there to state to which labels those societies pay royalties for performance of the listed song.
* In release liner notes you sometimes see rights societies' names listed alongside publishers. This does '''not''' mean that the societies published works themselves. The rights societies' names are there to state to which labels those societies pay royalties for performance of the listed song.

Revision as of 18:33, 16 May 2014

Description

This relationship links rights societies to the artists and labels they represent.

Link Phrases

Attributes

  • start date
This indicates the date from which the artist or label was affiliated with a rights society.
  • end date
This indicates the date after which the artist or label was no longer affiliated.

Examples

Guidelines

  • An artist can only be affiliated with one rights society at a time. It may be tempting to add relationships for each society in which that artist's works are licensed, but do not do this. Check a works search engine like ACE (https://mobile.ascap.com/aceclient/AceClient/) or Repertoire (http://repertoire.bmi.com/) for the artist's affiliation and only relate that artist to the society you see listed.
  • Rights societies only pay royalties to publishers. No other Label type is to be used for this relationship.

Notes

  • In release liner notes you sometimes see rights societies' names listed alongside publishers. This does not mean that the societies published works themselves. The rights societies' names are there to state to which labels those societies pay royalties for performance of the listed song.
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