Glossary

Here are some definitions of terms we commonly use:

Administrator The individual or organization which administers the song. The administrator is responsible for protecting the song rights, for administering usage of the song, and for distributing royalties for that use to the song owner. The administrator will usually be established on a territory by territory basis. Royalties are paid to the administrator, not the song owner (although in some cases, they may be the one and the same.) E.g., in the case of "© 2006 Grace Music, administered by Smiling Uncle Music", the administrator is "Smiling Uncle Music". Catalogue The owner of the song / work. For example in "© 2006 Grace Music, administered by Smiling Uncle Music", the catalogue is "Grace Music". Publisher Sometimes interchangeably used with Administrator, but strictly speaking, a Publisher is the publisher of a book or other media. Report period As songs are reported by churches and organizations, we have a processing cycle, where we review and audit those reports. This is to ensure the correct songs have gone into our systems, and to ensure the copyright owners are paid their royalties correctly. Every six months, at the end of that cycle, or report period, we pay royalties to the song owners, and produce reports for them on the song reproductions. For more details, see Royalty Process. Song owner See Catalogue. Unverified song A song where we don't any / enough copyright information. See Verified song for what is required to verify a song. Verified song The song has been checked and verified by the song copyright owner as being theirs, and have provided all of the song copyright information, including song ownership percentages (where the song is owned by more than one catalogue).

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