LUCY Academy
Royalties & business · Lesson 3 of 7
PROs, publishing credits, and ISWC in plain language
30 minFoundationalFree
Performance rights organizations (PROs) pay songwriters when compositions are performed. That’s a different pipeline than master royalties from your distributor. Confusion here causes missed money and duplicate registrations—this lesson aligns terminology with action.
What you’ll be able to do
- Writer vs publisher share basics
- Registering works without duplicate conflicts
- How [[ISWC]] helps across societies (when assigned)
- Keeping credits aligned with distributor and PRO
Inside this lesson
- 1Watch first: what a PRO actually collects
- 2Practical steps
- 3Common pitfalls
- 4Industry snapshot
In the app
Take this lesson in the LUCY app
Open it in LUCY and the lesson rewrites itself around the music you make, reads itself aloud while you work, and answers questions about your own releases. Free with your account.
- Rewritten around your genre and where you're at
- A coach that can see the releases in your account
- Narrated — put it on while you work
- A badge for the track when you finish it
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