Type: noun
Pronunciation: /koh-pub-lish-ing-ahg-ree-ment/
Also spelled or known as: Co-Pub Agreement
Plural: Co-Publishing Agreements
Related: Publishing Agreement
What does Co-Publishing Agreement mean? A publishing agreement where ownership and income are shared between parties.
A Co-Publishing Agreement is a music publishing agreement in which a songwriter assigns part of their publishing rights to a publisher while retaining a portion of ownership.
These deals often allow songwriters to receive both their writer’s share and a portion of the publisher’s share of royalties.
Co-publishing agreements are among the most common publishing arrangements in the music industry.
Co-Publishing Agreement synonyms: Co-Publishing Deal, Co-Pub Deal, Co-Pub Deal, Shared Publishing Agreement, Joint Publishing Deal
Example sentence: “The songwriter signed a co-publishing agreement with a major publisher.”
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