Publishing is likely the most misunderstood aspect of the record industry. This is unfortunate as it is the most important element of the record industry. Even as the music business changes, moving largely from a physical goods (CD) business to a digital (download) business, publishing remains at the center.

Given this it is essential that you take the time to understand publishing. We have extensive resources throughout the Artists House site that will give you all the necessary information for you to register your songs legally so that you can begin exploiting them (be that on records, in movies or TV, in ads, or even as sampled material), and finally we provide you the information you need to make certain you are collecting all the revenue from these exploitations.

Next Steps: Determine where you are in the publishing process. Perhaps you're a songwriter, who needs to register your copyrights, or maybe you are an entrepreneur who wants to begin exploiting the songwriting talents of others; whatever the case, check out the resources we have in the form of video interviews and other materials, and begin learning the not-as-hard-as-it-seems business of publishing.