Rights Integrity
Your music is your ministry. We protect your rights with transparency, ensuring every split, royalty, and credit is handled with honor and precision.
100% Ownership. Always.
"Preparedway doesn't take any copyright or other interest in any of your music, only a limited license to distribute."
You retain complete ownership of your masters, compositions, and all intellectual property. We are stewards of your distribution, not owners of your calling.
Master Rights Protection
Your sound recordings (masters) remain 100% yours. We never claim ownership, and you're free to distribute through other services simultaneously.
Non-exclusive distribution means you maintain full control.
Publishing & Composition Rights
We help you register your compositions correctly with performing rights organizations (PROs) and ensure proper mechanical licensing for cover songs.
Optional mechanical licensing service available for covers.
Transparent Splits
Use our Teams feature to route royalties to collaborators, producers, and songwriters. Every percentage is tracked with precision and paid with integrity.
- •Set custom split percentages
- •Automatic royalty distribution
- •Detailed payment reports
Content Protection
PreparedwayLock uses acoustic fingerprinting to detect and block unauthorized uploads of your music across streaming services.
Optional service available for enhanced protection.
Your Responsibilities
Ownership Verification: You must own or have legal rights to 100% of the recordings, compositions, and artwork you upload.
Sample Clearance: If your music contains samples or remixes, you must obtain written permission from the original rights holders.
Cover Song Licensing: For cover versions, you must register for our mechanical licensing service to ensure proper royalty payments to original songwriters.
Collaborator Payments: You are responsible for paying all collaborators, producers, and featured artists from your earnings.
Honest Stewardship
We believe in complete transparency. You receive 100% of the royalties we collect from digital stores (after deducting payment processing fees and optional service fees). No hidden charges. No surprise deductions. Just honest stewardship of your calling.