Symphonic can manage your publishing and composition rights on YouTube — making sure the songwriting side of your music is correctly registered, claimed, and collected. This includes coordinating with rights societies and YouTube’s royalty systems so that writers, composers, and publishers receive the royalties they’re owed when your composition is used in videos.
What it is:
This service collects publishing royalties (composition revenue) from YouTube in addition to sound recording revenue.
How it works:
Symphonic registers your composition with YouTube and matches it to videos already identified through Content ID.
Example:
If your song is used in a video, you can earn:
- Sound recording revenue (via Content ID)
- Publishing revenue (via Composition)
This creates an additional income stream from the same usage.
What do I need?
To be able to collect publishing royalties from YouTube, you will first need to have a release with a controlled writer. There are 2 ways to mark a writer as controlled:
- Select your controlled writers during the enrollment process (see below)
- You can mark writers in your account as controlled after enrollment. This can be done in the edit artist page.
Please note that if you are enrolled in YouTube Publishing and you have not yet marked a writer as controlled, you will be prompted to do so before submitting your release.
How do I sign up?
If you are already a Symphonic client, you can enroll directly from your dashboard.
- Log in to your Symphonic account
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Go to Account badge ► Enrollments
- Opt in to YouTube Publishing
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Select which writers you control so we can collect on their behalf.
If you don’t have releases with controlled writers, you can still enroll, but nothing will be collected until you do. Once you click continue, the artists will be marked as controlled, and we will review the application and send you a confirmation email once it’s done.
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