Add-on & extras: music distribution help

Publishing, Content ID, smart link and more. Wetin Publishing Administration dey do? Wetin be Content ID? Wetin be pre-save campaign and smart link? How publishing royalty different from streaming royalty? I don already dey use Spilix distribution. I need Publishing Admin separate? I no be the main songwriter. I still suppose sign up for Publishing Admin? The 15% publishing commission dey apply to wetin? I fit register old work with Publishing Admin? Wetin be Content ID? How e different from copyright takedown? I don already enable Content ID for YouTube direct. I need Spilix? How long before I start to earn Content ID revenue? My track no dey viral. Content ID worth to enroll? I cover person else song. I fit enroll Content ID? Wetin if I cancel Content ID? Fee dey to claim my artist profile? I don already get YouTube channel. Wetin OAC dey do? If I don already claim Spotify for Artists direct, wetin Spilix dey do? How long profile claim dey take?

  • Wetin Publishing Administration dey do? — E dey register your song with collection society for the whole world come collect songwriter/performance royalty from broadcast, public play, stream and sync wey distribution alone no dey capture.
  • Wetin be Content ID? — Content ID dey protect your recording on YouTube, TikTok, Meta (Facebook/Instagram) and SoundCloud: the platform go fingerprint your music, detect other video and post wey dey use am, come monetize those use — dey pay the revenue back to you. Dem dey sell am as one bundle per release, $15/year for all four platform.
  • Wetin be pre-save campaign and smart link? — Pre-save dey let fan save your release before e drop so e go land for their library on day one; smart link na one shareable page wey dey route each listener go their favourite store. Spilix dey make the two as one Presave Link per release — the Presave Link add-on na $10/month for unlimited link across your account.
  • How publishing royalty different from streaming royalty? — Streaming royalty (master recording) na wetin Spotify/Apple dey pay whoever own the recording. Publishing royalty dey paid to the songwriter — the composer/lyricist of the song. Na two completely separate income stream, and Spilix dey help you collect the two.
  • I don already dey use Spilix distribution. I need Publishing Admin separate? — Yes. Distribution dey collect master royalty. Publishing Admin dey collect publishing royalty — different income stream. If you be songwriter, you dey miss 30-50% of potential income without am.
  • I no be the main songwriter. I still suppose sign up for Publishing Admin? — If you get at least one co-write credit, yes. You still go get % of publishing royalty based on the songwriter split.
  • The 15% publishing commission dey apply to wetin? — Only to publishing royalty wey dem actually collect. If Spilix collect nothing, you no dey owe commission.
  • I fit register old work with Publishing Admin? — Yes. Submit your whole catalog. Spilix go register dem retroactive — past royalty wey dem don already collect no fit recall, but everything from the registration point forward go dey collected.
  • Wetin be Content ID? How e different from copyright takedown? — Content ID na audio fingerprint matching system. When person upload content wey dey use your track (full song or small snippet), the platform go auto-recognize am come claim revenue for you. E different from takedown — you no dey remove their video, you dey take revenue share.
  • I don already enable Content ID for YouTube direct. I need Spilix? — If you already get YouTube partner or you dey claim direct, keep am. Spilix Content ID na for artist wey no get direct partnership, or wey wan expand go TikTok/Meta/SoundCloud — platform wey hard to claim direct.
  • How long before I start to earn Content ID revenue? — After 7-14 days of enrollment, the fingerprint go propagate go platform. Auto-claim go then start for all new UGC. Older content fit dey claimed retroactive over 30-90 days.
  • My track no dey viral. Content ID worth to enroll? — Yes. Content ID no dey require virality — e just need person to use your track. The bundle for $15/release/year dey very cheap; just few use go cover the cost, and e dey insure across all 4 platform.
  • I cover person else song. I fit enroll Content ID? — No. Content ID dey require you to own both master + composition rights. For cover, you need Cover License (separate add-on) and you no fit claim Content ID because you no own the composition.
  • Wetin if I cancel Content ID? — You fit off auto-renew for a release Content ID any time from the dashboard. Enrollment go stay active until the end of the 12 months wey you don pay for (add-on fee no dey refundable) and e just no go renew after that. Once e expire, dem go remove the fingerprint from the platform within 14-30 days; royalty wey dem don already collect dey paid out in full.
  • Fee dey to claim my artist profile? — No. Claim na free — e dey inside every Spilix plan. You just need at least 1 release wey you distribute through Spilix.
  • I don already get YouTube channel. Wetin OAC dey do? — OAC dey merge your topic channel (auto-generated) into your main channel, add official Music shelf, Latest Releases tab, and verified badge. Your channel go stay the same — e just dey get more feature.
  • If I don already claim Spotify for Artists direct, wetin Spilix dey do? — Nothing needed. If you don already claim am direct, keep am. Spilix just dey help artist wey never claim yet or wey dey get wahala with the process.
  • How long profile claim dey take? — Spotify: 24-48h. Apple: 48-72h. YouTube OAC: 7-14 days (Google review process dey longer).