Specifying a right share for an income participant

Income participation is expressed in MWN by setting up a RightShare composite with an IsNetPublisherShare attribute set to false, according to the definition of that attribute:

The Flag indicating for MusicalWorkCollectionShares whether the RightShare is a net publisher share (=true) or an income participant publisher share (=false). In the latter case, no writers are expected to be linked to this RightShare. 

Note that this flag will be renamed to IsNetCollectionShare in the next version of the MWN standard.

The following example illustrates a publishing deal in which the publisher identified by the reference identifier P0001 has a 100% original publisher share, but collects only 90% of the income because there is another party P0003 that is an income participant getting 10%, as illustrated in the following figure.

Screenshot 2025-07-25 at 14.24.23.png

The right share for P0003 is then specified like this:

<RightShare IsNetPublisherShare="false">
    <RightShareReference>S0005</RightShareReference>
    <RightShareType>MusicalWorkCollectionShare</RightShareType>
    <RightShareWorkReference>W0001</RightShareWorkReference>
    <TerritoryCode>US</TerritoryCode>
    <RightsType>MechanicalRight</RightsType>
    <RightsController>
        <RightsControllerPartyReference>P0003
        </RightsControllerPartyReference>
    </RightsController>
    <ValidityPeriod>
        <StartDate>1980-10-15</StartDate>
    </ValidityPeriod>
    <RightSharePercentage>10</RightSharePercentage>
    <HasOriginalPublisherShare>
        <OriginalPublisherShare>S0003</OriginalPublisherShare>
    </HasOriginalPublisherShare>
</RightShare>

 

Note that the sender can also specify the IsFollowerInTitleOf element for more information on the right share chain.

Search