PAPER TRAIL - Royalties, Publishing & ISRC Guide

Your beats are earning money you have never collected. This is the map to all of it.

Find every royalty your beats earn around the world, register it in the right place, and stop leaving publishing money on the table.

What you will be able to do

• You can explain the difference between master and publishing money, and name who collects each one in your country.
• You know which PRO or society to join, roughly what it costs, and what you need before you apply.
• You can decide between doing it yourself and using a publishing administrator, with real commission numbers.
• You know what ISRC, ISWC and IPI numbers are, where each one comes from and where to find yours.
• You have a split sheet you can send after every session, and a 30-day plan to register your whole catalog.

Inside the guide

• Chapter 01: Every song earns two kinds of money
• Chapter 02: PROs and societies: join the right one
• Chapter 03: A European example: OSA and the Czech system
• Chapter 04: Mechanicals, the MLC and publishing administrators
• Chapter 05: Master money beyond streams: SoundExchange and neighbouring rights
• Chapter 06: The codes: ISRC, ISWC and IPI
• Chapter 07: Splits and split sheets: get it in writing
• Chapter 08: Follow one song: where the money actually goes
• Chapter 09: Your 30-day royalty plan

What you get

• 38-page PDF guide (A5 pages, made to read on your phone) in the TrapWin underground design
• 4 copy-paste templates: split sheet, split confirmation message, registration request, catalog tracker
• 30 checklist items you can tick off as you go
• A day-by-day 30-day action plan
• Fees and commissions (Songtrust, TuneCore, ASCAP, PRS, OSA, Intergram, The MLC, SoundExchange) checked on the official pages in October 2026

Who it is for

Producers and artists who already release music or sell beats and suspect they are only getting paid part of what their songs earn, especially outside the US.

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Format: instant download, PDF, readable on phone, tablet or desktop. Edition October 2026, written for producers in any country.

General education, not legal, tax or financial advice. TrapWin is not affiliated with any platform named in this guide.