Clearance Guide

with Fees & Rates

The
Rights
Workshop Effective Date 01/01/2016
 Getting Started
We start every project with a
consultation. This helps us fully
understand the details of your project
to ensure that we secure the rights
youll need, at the best possible rates.
Below are just a few of the project
details well clarify during consultation:
Project Budget
Project Schedule
Distribution Plans
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Our Approach
Licensing can be confusing and
intimidating. We want to help you
understand the copyright and clearance
process so you can make informed
licensing decisions for your project.
Copyright clearance is multi-faceted,
detail-oriented work. Our intimate
knowledge and experience in the
entertainment industry coupled with
our legal expertise allows us to provide
complete licensing services.
 Copyright Clearance
We separate licensing work in two phases:

Phase 1 : Research and Negotiation

Phase 2 : Contract Administration

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 Phase 1
Research, Negotiation, & Clearance
To use a piece of copyrighted work, its necessary to obtain permission from all
parties that control an interest in the work. Mergers, acquisitions, and transfers in
the entertainment industry are common, so ownership details frequently change.

Well determine the current copyright owner(s). Once we locate and confirm all
copyright owners, formal requests are submitted for the work to be used in your
project.

If the material is available to use (in some cases, its not), well then negotiate fees
on your behalf. When Phase 1 is complete, youll have all the details you need to
go forward with your project.

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 Phase 2
Contract Administration
Once youve decided which copyrighted work(s) will be used in your project, well
secure legal agreements from the copyright owner(s) and ensure that the specific
terms cover all ways in which you will use the work(s) in your project. Well ensure
that everything is accurate, then hand off the contract for you to sign and pay.

Well keep detailed hard-copy records and provide you additional copies for your
records. Well also create and update detailed spreadsheets that will allow you to
track the status of the work(s) being cleared for your project.

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 One Song, Two Rights
Every song has two separate copyrights:

Publishing Copyright : covers the intellectual property concerning the

creation of a piece of music, commonly known as songwriting credit.

Master Copyright : covers the fixed audio recording of a piece of music,

including the performance and physical/digital recording of the song.

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Publishing Rights
Susan Songstress writes a song
she titles Cinephile, records a
video of herself performing the
song, and posts it to the internet.
As the original author of the
music and lyrics, she owns the
Publishing copyright of
Cinephile. As the performer and
creator of the video she posted
online, she owns the Master
copyright of her recording of
Cinephile.
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Example Scenario
Master Rights Usage Rights
Juan Cantante sees the video of Juan Cantantes version of
Susan performing Cinephile Cinephile becomes popular in
and decides to record his own Europe, and Swedish filmmaker
version of her song. Franc Fjord Koppola wants to use
the song in his next movie.
As the performer and creator of
the new recording, he only In order to use Juans version of
owns the Master copyright for Cinephile in his film, Franc
must secure both the Master
his version of Cinephile. The
copyright from Juan Cantante, as
Publishing copyright remains
well as the Publishing copyright
with Susan Songstress, as does
from Susan Songstress. Without
her Master copyright of the
both copyrights, Franc legally
video recording she posted
cannot use the song.
online.
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Clearance Fees & Rates

Creative works often have multiple rights holders for both the Publishing and Master
copyrights. The rates below are per creative work (i.e. 1 song, image, or logo), per clearance
copyright holder (2 or less owners).

Other Creative
Trademark and
Works (Literature, Video Footage and
Music Publicity (Image
Image, Photo, Clips
and Likeness)
Corporate Logo)

PHASE 1 $275.00 PHASE 1 $275.00 PHASE 1 $300.00 PHASE 1 $275.00

PHASE 2 $275.00 PHASE 2 $275.00 PHASE 2 $250.00 PHASE 2 $275.00

Music Supervision
Fees for music supervision services are based on the complexity and breadth of the project.

The Rights Workshop has over 20 years of experience in the field of music supervision and
clearance. This means that we have an extensive network of relationships in the world of
licensing, including direct contacts with record labels, music publishers, management
companies and artists.

We have deep resources to help you research music in specialized genres, find the best songs
at the best rate for a scene, or recommended either stock/library music or a composer.

We can also source music not available commercially, such as instrumental-only tracks, and
spearhead remix and mash-up projects.

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General Consultation
All consultation will be calculated on an hourly basis, dependent on the size and complexity of
the project. Cue sheets will be charged per sheet, depending on the complexity of the cue
sheets. The minimum rate for general consultation and/or cue sheets is $150.00

Payment Terms
Projects $5,000 and under.

These projects will be paid in two (2) increments. 50% of total cost shall be paid upon contract
signing and 50% of total cost shall be paid upon project completion or 90 days from signing of
initial contract, whichever comes first.

Projects $5,001 to $15,000.

These projects will be paid in three (3) increments. 50% of total cost shall be paid upon
contract signing, 25% of total cost shall be paid 90 days after contract signing. The remaining
25% of total shall be paid upon project completion or 120 days after contract signing,
whichever comes first.

We accept VISA, MASTERCARD, DISCOVER, and AMERICAN EXPRESS.

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