Publishing Deals and Performance Rights Organizations

In this www.artistshousemusic.org video, Wallace Collins, an entertainment attorney based in New York, explains how music publishing deals typically work, the role that performance rights societies (such as BMI, ASCAP and SESAC) play in managing publishing arrangements — and the murky question of just how much money they get for their assistance.

I’ve recorded the bar music on the Deadly Cargo level. Maybe I should have turned off the sound effects, but anyway, enjoy.