Originally Posted by Kolstad
Yes, Everett, but your original question was how to collect if an independent artist puts up a song on CD Baby or iTunes for downloads.

As I understand it, in those particular cases, SOCAN/CMRRA will not collect royalties for you because there is no publisher involved.

So, it seems when you get a cut with an indie artist that is self-publishing, you will either have to collect yourself case by case, or use SoundExchange, Tune Core or another publishing administrator to do that work for you.

I may be wrong, but that is how I understand it. There seems to be new workflows in our age of self-publishing. It takes a while to get a grip of them for all of us.


Most PRO's allow the writer to register without designating a publisher. Thus, Everett would be entitled to writer's royalties through SOCAN. He can also register as the publisher and collect those as well.

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