Rights management
From musical and recording rights registration, contract and split-sheet governance, royalty waterfall splits, and PRO / CMO reporting, to dispute resolution and audit reporting, SEUNOR governs every step of the rights chain on one consistent system, so every grant and every payout can be traced, reconciled, and audited.
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Business value
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ValueMusical rights, recording rights, rightsholders, contracts, splits, territories, and change history live on one line. When regulators or PROs audit you, you query the ledger instead of reassembling spreadsheets.
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ValueFrom DSP receipts to right-holder payouts, every cent follows one rule set for deductions, splits, and neighbouring-rights shares. PRO / CMO reports and right-holder statements come from the same source of truth.
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ValueDisputes, evidence review, controlled negotiation, arbitration, and closure each leave a trace; every share adjustment is traceable to evidence and decision-maker, so the ledger never silently drifts.
Core capabilities
Capability · 01
Track musical and recording rights on two lanes, with multiple holders, multiple territories, and percentage splits; multilingual P / C Lines are maintained and injected into DDEX automatically.
Capability · 02
Templates cover label-artist, publisher-songwriter, producer-performer, and sub-publisher agreements; split sheets and contract files bind directly to the work with full change history.
Capability · 03
From DSP receipts to right-holder payouts, one rule set handles platform fees, CMO deductions, territory splits, and neighbouring-rights shares; multi-currency settlement with FX snapshots is built in.
Capability · 04
Generate reports against the CISAC framework and the templates of major PROs / CMOs, covering performance-rights PROs, mechanical-rights MROs, and neighbouring-rights CMOs.
Capability · 05
Disputes flow through submission, evidence review, negotiation window, arbitration, and closure as a complete state machine; settlements and rulings write back to the ledger instead of living in chat history.
Capability · 06
Audit logs retain at least seven years; produce statements and PRO / CMO reports by right-holder, period, territory, and usage; cross-border data residency follows tenant-level configuration.
Business workflow
Capture musical and recording rights with holders, splits, territories, contract files, and multilingual P / C Lines.
Bind rights records to catalog works and distribution releases, so DDEX payloads, commercial terms, and reports all draw from one source of truth.
Starting from DSP receipts, apply deductions, splits, and neighbouring-rights shares, then output statements and right-holder payout details.
Generate reports against PRO / CMO templates; changes and disputes are fully traced, so regulators and PROs can pull a complete evidence chain on demand.
Rights backbone
Rights management is not just "log who owns what". It collapses chain-of-title, contracts, splits, reporting, and disputes into one layer that both humans and systems can operate.
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Move "who owns what" from email and chat into an auditable ledger.
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Split DSP receipts to every right-holder by rules, not spreadsheets.
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Produce reports against the CISAC framework and major PRO / CMO templates.
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Steady-state governance matters more than first-time registration.
Who uses rights management
Independent labels, aggregators, or cross-border sub-publishers all run on the same backbone; legal and audit teams find their place on the same ledger.
Independent label founder
Running A&R while managing rights and contracts; songwriters, performers, and producers usually come from different parties, and personal capacity often falls short of keeping splits and deductions correct.
Use two-lane registration with split-sheet templates to nail down shares once; the royalty waterfall splits every receipt to the right holder under one rule set, no more hearsay.
Aggregator rights operator
Representing dozens of labels or independent artists; deductions, PRO registration status, and mechanical-license coverage differ per client.
Isolate rule sets per client, settle by release in batch, and configure PRO / CMO templates by tenant; reports and statements come from one source.
Sub-publisher rights administrator
Cross-border sub-publishing requires collecting royalties through local CMOs; "same work, different territory, different CMO, different share" creates account complexity.
Maintain shares by territory × usage × right type; CMO reports follow region-specific templates; cross-border residency follows tenant configuration.
Legal and audit
Need to retrieve complete evidence and change history during reconciliation or dispute review; cannot tolerate evidence gaps across years.
An audit-facing drill-down surface restores each rights or share change in time; seven-year audit logs are one click away.
Right-types matrix
Different jurisdictions split rights differently. SEUNOR maintains a right-types dictionary aligned with WIPO and the major civil-law / common-law conventions, covering both musical and recording lanes so that reporting, splits, and disputes speak one language.
Reproduction right
Recording, copying, pressing, streaming caching, downloads
Performance right
Public performance, radio, TV, restaurants, retail background music
Right of communication to the public
Online streaming, podcast platforms, internet broadcast, on-demand
Neighbouring rights
Phonogram producers' rights, performers' rights (recording)
Synchronisation right
Films, ads, games, short videos, UGC video sync licensing
Derivative works right
Adaptation, translation, arrangement, cover-version production
Mechanical right
Physical record pressing, downloadable files, CD / vinyl / cassette
Rental right
Commercial rental of recorded media
Collective management organisations
Templates follow the CISAC framework and regional bodies, covering performance-rights PROs, mechanical-rights MROs, and neighbouring-rights CMOs. The actual roster and integration mode follow tenant contracts; this matrix shows coverage, not exhaustive enumeration.
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4Region · 02
3Region · 03
5Region · 04
6Region · 05
4This list is illustrative; the final engagement model follows the tenant contract. SEUNOR has no exclusive relationship with any PRO or CMO.
Royalty waterfall
This section turns the split rule from "black-box arithmetic" into a visible cascade. Every layer follows one rule set and lands on a right-holder payout.
Actual deduction rates follow tenant subscription tier and PRO / CMO charters; this figure shows the structure only, with no statutory percentages.
Dispute resolution
When a third party challenges a rights record, SEUNOR puts the whole process into a controlled state machine, so negotiation, arbitration, and rulings are all traced rather than living in chat history.
Dispute state machine
Covers the full path from submission to closure, with settlement and arbitration branches; the filer can withdraw at any stage.
Dispute submitted
Third party submits a dispute; system logs request and initial evidence.
SUBMITTEDEvidence under review
Operations review evidence; missing material requested as needed.
EVIDENCE_REVIEWNegotiation open
A controlled negotiation channel is opened; all exchanges are logged.
NEGOTIATIONArbitration escalated
Negotiation fails; case escalates to external arbitration or litigation.
ARBITRATIONRuled
Ruling writes back to the ledger; shares adjusted accordingly.
RULEDSettled
Parties settle; terms and signatures are recorded.
SETTLEDClosed and archived
Process closes; case archived for audit.
CLOSEDWithdrawn
Submitting party withdraws (any stage).
WITHDRAWNGovernance moves
Rights management is not "just log them in". It applies a set of governance moves so that post-go-live contract changes, share adjustments, cross-border compliance, and reporting reconciliation each have a clear path.
Action · 01
Contract renewal, share adjustment, and holder change all run through a controlled flow; old versions archive, new versions activate at explicit timestamps.
Action · 02
Storage region follows tenant configuration, covering major regulators in Greater China, APAC, EU, and North America; data egress is logged.
Action · 03
After reports are generated against PRO / CMO templates, acknowledgements write back to the ledger; periods without receipts are flagged explicitly.
Action · 04
Changes, splits, reports, and disputes are all logged for at least seven years; retrievable on demand for regulators and PROs.
Before vs after
Same works, same holders; different way of working.
Before governance
With Rights in place
FAQ
Answers below cover the most-asked categories; finer boundaries follow product docs and contracts.
Rights and Catalog are two layers of the same system. Catalog cares whether the work itself is ready (metadata, assets, ISRC); Rights cares how rights on the work are governed (who holds what, splits, contracts, reporting, disputes). They connect through work ID and ISWC / ISRC and do not replace each other.
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SEUNOR keeps registration, contracts, splits, PRO / CMO reporting, disputes, and audit on one consistent system.