MUSIC PUBLISHING
GLOSSARY

Sub-publisher

A sub-publisher is a company engaged by a rights holder to license and administer its works in a specific territory. For example, an American publisher might engage the services of a sub-publisher in Germany to handle its affairs in that country.

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• Music Publishing
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• Collection Society
• Pay Source

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