Chapter 5: Music Publishing

Time travel back in history! Can you guess the year when Congress passed its very first copyright bill? 📜✨

• 1640

• 1831

• 1790

• 1851

Which of these is NOT one of the four types of Music Publishers?

• Independent Publishers

• Co-Publishers

• Major Publishers

• Publishing Administrators

Ready to dive into the world of publishing? Let's see if you can spot the common promotion methods used by publishers!

• Synchronization Promotion

• Song Casting

• Sampling

• Cover Records

Universal Music Group, Warner Chappell Music, and Sony Music Publishing are all examples of?

• Independent Publishers

• Publishing Administrators

• Print Publishers

• Major Publishers

Pop Quiz! If an artist tweaks a tune just enough, can they dodge the need to pay the original's creators? 🎶

• True

• False

Who does the Songwriters Guild of America (SGA) always have the back of?

• Publisher

• Recording Artist

• Management

• Writer

Music publishers of the 1940s were known as?

• Song Pluggers

• Creative Directors

• Song Casters

• Broadcasters

The traditional arrangement between publishing for split or co-publishing agreements is?

• 50/50

• 25/75

• 40/60

• 80/20

🌟 Hey there, creative genius! Can you spot the key tasks that keep the Creative Department buzzing? 🌟

• Secure ancillary uses of copyrights

• Pitch songs to TV/Film/Advertisement

• Discover/sign new writers

• Register claims for copyright

For a Broadcast performance (TV, radio, cable), who pays the Publishers?

• Movie, video, advertising or game producers

• Producer of the dramatic performance on live stage

• Record label, HFA, or Mechanical Licensing Collective

• Publisher’s performing rights organization