Music Publishing Agreement

Music publishers, create Publishing Agreements for the USA and Canada with this easy-to-use template.

Under the terms of the Agreement, a musical composer transfers ownership of a particular work (including copyright) to the publisher, in return for the payment of royalties on the sales of printed sheet music and recordings, licensing fees and performance royalties.

The contract includes a chart setting out the royalty that will be paid for:

sales of sheet music;
magazine, folio, or song book publications;
sales of recordings;
use of the work in videos and movie or television soundtrack recordings;
proceeds from any other uses.

This Music Publishing Agreement template can be used in either the United States or Canada.