Welcome to the very first edition of IC’s Royalty Sandbox, where we’ll be breaking down different royalty accounting scenarios and concepts, and giving you the tools + knowledge to tackle them yourselves. There’s no better place to start than this: the simplest, most common, and – in this royalty accountant’s personal opinion – most likely… Continue reading Royalty Sandbox: Simple Profit Share w/ Advance
Month: January 2022
Distributor splits tools: so close, yet so far
There are a lot of distributors out there – help us map them! – and some of them have the ability for users to divvy up royalties amongst collaborators. Around the IC office (discord), we call these “splits tools.” These tools can be super helpful! You can release a track or a whole record or… Continue reading Distributor splits tools: so close, yet so far
The 360 deal wasn’t wrong, it was oriented incorrectly
If you’re a creator, or work with creators, you might be familiar with something called the “360 deal.” These largely-maligned deals became a thing in the mid aughts, right as record royalties started taking a nosedive and everybody was scrambling to keep the money train rolling. They were supposedly pioneered by Paramore’s manager Jeff Hansen,… Continue reading The 360 deal wasn’t wrong, it was oriented incorrectly