Can IC handle publishing royalties?

The short answer is, yes!

The longer answer is, we're better for certain types of publishers than others. 

Publishing companies tend to take two distinct forms: 

• Publishers that work directly with Performing Rights Organizations (PROs) and other rights organizations around the world, registering works/song splits and collecting royalties from each
• Publishers that use a 3rd party admin/platform (like a larger publisher, or Songtrust/Kobalt) to register works/song splits and collect royalties on their behalf

Both types need to regularly account publishing royalties according to their deals with songwriters (e.g. 85% for Performance, 75% for sync, 80% for mechanicals etc), and if you use a 3rd party admin or platform, Infinite Catalog is an excellent solution for handling your publishing royalties! 

Publishers that work directly with PROs may want their royalty accounting solution to also handle additional, related-but-not-really-royalty-accounting features like CWR (Common Works Registration) delivery. These features are notoriously tricky to do well, and we stay focused on the royalty accounting at IC, so they're not something we currently offer.

If you're not using a 3rd party administrator but would like to, you can find a list of publishing administrators in our Industry Directory. Tell 'em IC sent you!