{"id":2763,"date":"2021-05-24T20:48:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T20:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/24\/the-acronyms-that-protect-your-music-rights\/"},"modified":"2021-05-24T20:48:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T20:48:54","slug":"the-acronyms-that-protect-your-music-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/24\/the-acronyms-that-protect-your-music-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"The Acronyms That Protect Your Music Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re digging into all the ways you can collect money from the use of your music, you might\u2019ve noticed that the music industry seems to love acronyms and initialisms (<\/span>did you know there\u2019s a difference?<\/span><\/a> Neither did I until writing this!) almost as much as the military.<\/span><\/p>\n

What ARE all these letters? Even music veterans are sometimes confused. But it\u2019s important to understand the difference between your ASCAP and your UPC, because they all play an essential role in earning revenue from your music copyrights.<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ll go in chronological order of the life of a typical song, starting with the songwriter who wrote it:<\/span><\/p>\n

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