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Bob Dylan (turned 80 years old yesterday) is an American singer-songwriter, author and visual
artist. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time,[3] Dylan has been a major
figure in popular culture during a career spanning nearly 60 years. Much of his most celebrated
work dates from the 1960s, when songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" (1963) and "The Times
They Are a-Changin'" (1964) became anthems for the civil rights and anti-war movements. His
lyrics during this period incorporated a range of political, social and philosophical influences,
defying pop music conventions.

Following his self-titled debut album in 1962, which mainly comprised traditional folk songs, Dylan
made his breakthrough as a songwriter with the release of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan the
following year. The album features "Blowin' in the Wind" and the thematically complex "A Hard
Rain's a-Gonna Fall". Commenting on the six-minute single "Like a Rolling Stone" (1965), Rolling
Stone wrote: "No other pop song has so thoroughly challenged and transformed the commercial
laws and artistic conventions of its time, for all time"

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Since 1994, Dylan has sold more than 100 million records, making him one of the best-selling
musicians of all time. He has received numerous awards, including the Presidential Medal of
Freedom, ten Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award. Dylan has been
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and
the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The Pulitzer Prize Board in 2008 awarded him a special citation for
"his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of
extraordinary poetic power". In 2016, Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for having
created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".

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• A publishing contract is a legal contract between a publisher and
a writer or author (or more than one), to publish original content by the writer(s) or
author(s). This may involve a single written work, or a series of works.

It is important for music authors, producers and publishers to understand the legal rights
associated with publishing contracts.[7] I will tell you something about each type of common music
publishing contracts

(1) Single Song Agreement: A single song deal is an agreement between the writer and the
music publisher in which the writer grants certain rights to a publisher for one or more songs. In
single song deals, the writer is paid a one-time recoupable advance.[8]
(2) Exclusive Song Writer Agreement ("ESWA") / "Publishing Deal": Under the ESWA or
"staff writer" contract, the songwriter generally grants all of the songwriter's share of the income
to the music publisher. The writer's services are exclusive to the music publishers for a specified
period of time. Thus, any compositions written within that period belong to the music publisher.
These deals are usually offered to writers with some degree of success. Because the writer has a
track record of writing hits, the publisher feels confident that it will recoup its investment. In return
for signing away exclusive rights to some or all the writer's songs, the writer gets paid by the
publisher a negotiated advance against future royalties. The advance amount naturally depends
on the writer's bargaining power and on the competition in marketplace, if any. Under a staff
writer deal, the writer is paid on a weekly or quarterly basis.
(3) Co-publishing Agreement ("Co-pub"): The co-publishing ("co-pub") deal is perhaps the
most common publishing agreement. Under this deal, the songwriter and the music publisher are
"co-owners" of the copyrights in the musical compositions. The writer becomes the "co-publisher"
(i.e. co-owner) with the music publisher based on an agreed split of the royalties. The songwriter
assigns an agreed percentage to the publisher, usually (but not always), a 50/50 split.
(4) Administration Agreement ("Admin"): An administrative agreement takes place between a
songwriter/publisher and an independent administrator, or between a writer/publisher and another
music publisher. In an "admin deal," the songwriter self-publishes and merely licenses songs to
the music publisher for a term of years and for an agreed royalty split. Under this agreement, the
music publisher simply administers and exploits the copyrights for another publisher/copyright
owner. Only the most popular songwriters can even consider asking for an admin deal. Under this
coveted arrangement, ownership of the copyright is usually not transferred to the administrator.
Instead, the music publisher gets 10-20% of the gross royalties received from administering and
exploiting the songs for a certain period of time and for a certain territory.[8]
(5) Collection Agreement: A collection agreement is like an admin deal where the writer retains
the copyrights, except that the publisher does not perform exploitation functions; like an
accountant or business manager, it merely collects and disburses available royalty income.[8]
(6) Sub-publishing Agreement: These are basically music publishing deals in foreign territories
between a US publisher and a publisher in a foreign territory. They are like admin or collection
deals (with no ownership of the copyrights being transferred to the subpublisher), but limited to
one or more countries outside the US. Under this publishing deal, the publisher allows the
subpublisher to act on its behalf in certain foreign territories. Often, they are limited to a group of
countries, such as European Union (EU)
(7) 'Purchase Agreement: Under this agreement, one music publisher acquires in whole or in part
the catalog of another music publisher, somewhat like a merger of companies. In this case, a
"due diligence" investigation is done to determine the value of the catalogue.[8]