The complete guide to publishing, copyright, royalties, distribution, sync, and owning what you create.
Not stolen — uncollected. The money sits in accounts waiting for artists who never showed up to claim it.
The music industry runs on a simple bet: that you won't understand what you own, how it makes money, or how to collect it. This book is the other side of that bet.
The two copyrights in every song.
Registration, trademarks, entities, split sheets.
ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, the MLC, SoundExchange.
Money you already earned, without losing ownership.
Metadata, contracts, Content ID.
TV, film, ads without a major publisher.
Clearance, beat leases, agreements.
The operational framework.
Every clause, every landmine.
Quarterly reality, real deductions.
The Build-Along Workbook walks beside every chapter. Your progress saves automatically.
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Own. Protect. Collect.