How will songwriters get paid?
By definition, the funds that are the subject of this settlement are not categorized by song title. Instead, this settlement involves an agreement by all who choose to participate to distribute these funds using a publisher share analysis conducted by the Group II Program Administrator, The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (using payment data provided by the Record Labels). It is anticipated that many publishers will distribute these funds to their songwriter partners using a distribution formula these publishers develop that takes into account each publisher’s unique issues involving songwriters whose works it controlled during the relevant period of the settlement. The publisher share analysis used by the Program Administrator to allocate the settlement proceeds is not intended to be a formula used by any particular publisher to allocate such funds among its songwriter partners. Songwriters whose songs were not properly licensed would not be recognized in any publisher share analysis. The Prog
By definition, the funds that are the subject of this settlement are not categorized by song title. Instead, this settlement involves an agreement by all who choose to participate to distribute these funds using a publisher share analysis conducted by the Group II Program Administrator, The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (using payment data provided by the Record Labels). It is anticipated that many publishers will distribute these funds to their songwriter partners using a distribution formula these publishers develop that takes into account each publisher’s unique issues involving songwriters whose works it controlled during the relevant period of the settlement. The publisher share analysis used by the Program Administrator to allocate the settlement proceeds is not intended to be a formula used by any particular publisher to allocate such funds among its songwriter partners. Songwriters whose songs were not properly licensed would not be recognized in any publisher share analysis. The Prog
