Rules regarding distribution of shares
When you register a work with STIM, and you don't enter a share split, distribution will be according to STIM's distribution rules. These, in short, stipulate that everyone involved receives an equal share.
The tables below show some examples of how STIM's distribution rules work.
Manuscript works (not published by a music publisher)
| Example 1: Musical work (no lyrics or additional lyrics) (C=composer) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Performances | Mechanical royalties | |
| C | 100% | 100% |
| Example 2: Musical work with lyrics (C=composer, A=author) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Performances | Mechanical royalties | |
| C | 50% | 50% |
| A | 50% | 50% |
| Exemple 3: Music and lyrics where the composer and author are public domain, and there is a music and/or lyric arranger (C=composer, A=author, AR=music arranger, SA=arranger of lyrics) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Performances | Mechanical royalties | |
| C | 0% | 0% |
| A | 0% | 0% |
| AR | 33,33% | 100% |
| C | 0% | 0% |
| A | 0% | 0% |
| SA | 33,33% | 100% |
Published works
| Example 1: Musical work (no lyrics or additional lyrics) (C=composer, E=publisher) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Performances | Mechanical royalties | |
| C | 66,67% | 66,67% |
| E | 33,33% | 33,33% |
| Example 2: Musical work with lyrics (C=composer, A=author, E=publisher) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Performances | Mechanical royalties | |
| C | 33,33% | 33,33% |
| A | 33,33% | 33,33% |
| E | 33,33% | 33,33% |
| Example 3: Music and lyrics where the composer and author are public domain, and there is a music and/or lyrics arranger (C=composer, A=author, AR=music arranger, SA=arranger of lyrics, E=publisher) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Performances | Mechanical royalties | |
| C | 0,00% | 0,00% |
| A | 0,00% | 0,00% |
| AR | 33,33% | 66,67% |
| E | 33,33% | 33,33% |
| C | 0,00% | 0,00% |
| A | 0,00% | 0,00% |
| SA | 33,33% | 66,67% |
| E | 33,33% | 33,33% |