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Shame, every commercial I’d done before the client was perfectly happy letting me have the spot for my personal use. The unusual bit was the music company telling me they didn’t even have a copy. I did a search and found it on their Vimeo page. It felt a bit shady but I took it as the music company wanting to claim all the credit?

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Art and Music1234, appreciate the insight and advice.

The contract has a clause about composers receiving 100% of the writers share but I haven’t turned in any PRO/IPI information to them. Meaning they haven’t asked for it. I’ve just sent the music house over an email stating this and asking for some clarification.

The whole term buyout is confusing. My understanding is, they’re buying you out. Paying you handsomely upfront and you receive no backend. But with a clause about receiving writers share this is easy for someone to overlook.

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Is it normal practice for music companies to not let composers feature spots they’ve written?

[SLEEPTLKER]

Good to know about the wait time Art. I guess that’s not unusual and I’m not impatient.

It was a buyout (2 years) with an upfront fee, from my understanding that means no royalties for me? Or is there? No PRO information exchanged with the music house.

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Did you sign up for PRS while still being with BMI?

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