Howto label Beats? Lease w/ Exclusive Rights, Lease Or ? RoyaltiesOnly For TV, Stream

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I already copy wrote about 280 beats threw the government site just had to zip them together in no more then 100mb zip files so thats done. One question.

I'm about to post my beats online to all the stores and what not, I only want royalties from tv, radio and things like streams, but no royalties at all from any artist on file who decide to use my beats for there projects. How should I label them as? Like Non Exclusive, Exclusive,Lease with Exclusive Rights or what?

Selling the beats for $2.00 each if itunes lets me choose that price other wise the average $1.19 i'm seeing on itunes per download. Letting multiple artist use the beats for whatever they want with as many sales as they want. I understand publishing with the isrc codes via my bmi catalog and what not, I gave them a call. But is there something I need to setup in there as well within the contracts or whatever? Or do I need to write up a contract? Im thinking I should of chose ASCAP for just selling instrumental beats but they charge and BMI was free.
 
LMAO!!! Been busy putting this package together!!!! Submitting to CD Baby right now!!!
 
Far from an expert on this, but....
I'm about to post my beats online to all the stores and what not, I only want royalties from tv, radio and things like streams, but no royalties at all from any artist on file who decide to use my beats for there projects.

I don't know about that. If you post your 'beats' in spots like iTunes, there is no category for 'unfinished songs' as in "Beatz". You are selling an instrumental record. It's protected and to be used like any other artistic-musical FINISHED work.

How should I label them as? Like Non Exclusive, Exclusive,Lease with Exclusive Rights or what?
Copyright is a method of claim/protection and (as far as I know) has nothing to do with the collection of royalties. So there is no labeling possible or needed.

Selling the beats for $2.00 each if itunes lets me choose that price other wise the average $1.19 i'm seeing on itunes per download. Letting multiple artist use the beats for whatever they want with as many sales as they want.
Not true. They are buying a song and has nothing to do with them taking your song and using it to create "another song".

I understand publishing with the isrc codes via my bmi catalog and what not, I gave them a call. But is there something I need to setup in there as well within the contracts or whatever? Or do I need to write up a contract? Im thinking I should of chose ASCAP for just selling instrumental beats but they charge and BMI was free.

I don't think it works that way. If someone pays for your song on iTunes, uses it to rap over and re-uploads it as a new song, there is no engine in place to find them and deduct part of their sales for you. There are ways for THEM (or whoever) to register the song and list you/credit you as a writer/composer/musician etc and then you'd get a piece of their song based on the % breakdown. That's the reason for BMI/ASCAP. Their songs using your beats would have different ISRC codes- after all, it's not EXACTLY the same thing you registered.

Sound Exchange collects for streams and royalties in the digital domain. But again, they don't automatically register and start tracking your music because of any copyright or contract you have. You have to register with them.

You would need a site or service that sells beatz that has that stipulation/label exclusive/non-exclusive in the agreement for purchase/use.
Which states you are buying an instrumental and can do XYZ with it - and only XYZ.

If you are trying to sell beatz to artists, iTunes is not the answer and .99 is not the way to go.
 
Well said and I would agree, dont settle for 99 cent beat sales it just doesnt look good for you and people will always expect you to sell that low.
 
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