[Fmpro] BMI 200%, ASCAP 100%

[Mark Northam]

Different numbers, different terminology, same math. It's a 50/50 split in
both cases.

Mark Northam


On 6/30/07 11:36 AM, "Edwin Wendler" <edwinwendler at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Esteemed Colleagues,
> 
> As a member of BMI, it has always been clear to me that the total royalties
> pie was 200%:
> 100% writer's share
> 100% publisher's share
> 
> I recently collaborated on a song with a member of ASCAP, and his online works
> registration page shows a total royalties pie of 100%:
> 50% writer's share
> 
> 50% publisher's share
> 
> This was news to me, and I am wondering if any ASCAP members on this board can
> confirm that.  And if, in fact, ASCAP and BMI have different ways of looking
> at the same thing, how should cue sheets be written?  The ASCAP way (50/50) or
> the BMI way (100/100)?
> 
> Sorry if this topic has been discussed to the point of nausea before.
>  
> Edwin
> 
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