Royalties & IPRS
Who gets paid when a song is used, which share cannot be signed away, and what a collecting society membership does that a copyright registration does not.
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What IPRS is, and what joining actually does to your rights
IPRS is a copyright society under section 33(3). Membership is not a listing, you assign your performing and mechanical rights, including future works.
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Joining IPRS: the process, and the physical stage nobody mentions
The application is online; completing it is not. A document set is couriered to you, and needs wet-ink signatures and a witness before membership exists.
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Notifying works to IPRS: what the form wants, and what it will not accept
Works are notified separately from membership, and only released works qualify. What each row needs, and why the details have to match your other filings.
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