Boutique game soundtrack record label. We create, manage, and protect some of the most popular video game soundtracks, piano collections & vgm covers albums.
Seattle, WA
Joined July 2015
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Please let us know; we’re very curious on how we will be paid for the (as of now) unlicensed, unsanctioned, and unauthorized reproduction of several thousands of our copyrights. legal@materiamusic.com
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How do rightsholders of album/track artwork get compensated? What display/reproduction copyrights does Spotify grant you via the API feed? How are royalties structured, and artists compensated for these usages? How are copyright holders for these works identified?
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Are you licensed with HFA, MRI, or another matching provider? Speaking of – which PROs, MRO, CMOs do you currently have licenses with? How are reproduction and performance royalties submitted to territorial rights holders, co-publishers, sub-publishers, and other administrators?
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How do you process ISRC collisions? How are you matching ISRC to ISWC matrices? What collision tables and flows are used? What QA is there for unallocated/unmatched works? For musical compositions, which % are you allocating to the black box, per territory?
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What laws apply for fractional ownership? How are you accounting for intellectual property use/sales/export/import taxes?
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How are mechanical royalties paid to composers, songwriters, music publishers, administrators, and other rights holders? Are you adhering to the copyright laws of the creator, owner, publisher, minter, or buyer?
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For sound recordings or musical works in the public domain, which territory(ies) do you use to determine PD status – is it based on the server location of minting, your business location, the minter location, or buyer location? Can you add a label for public domain works?
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Do you allow estates, administrators, and other representatives to collect royalties on artists’ behalf? Are there exclusive/reserved entities allotted to collect fractional royalties? If so, how is that structured?
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How are artists and/or rights holders identified? How are you accounting for fractional ownership/collection/representation? How are you resolving ownership conflicts, rounding errors, and disputes? Where can we submit cue sheets, CWR feeds, DDEX feeds, and other metadata?
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Which payment methods, processors, and tumblers are supported? Who covers transaction fees? What’s the payout schedule? Is there a threshold? What taxation guidelines and deductions apply? What percentage of sales do you take? How is it calculated?
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How are artists and/or rights holders paid when digital goods are sold? What of artists who prefer fiat instead of crypto? Which currencies/coins are eligible for payouts? What’s the timestamp of exchange rates – transaction date or payout date?
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What is the opt-in process? What is the opt-out process? What's your mailing address for DMCA takedowns?
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Hi @joinhitpiece we have a few questions! If we could, just -📜
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