Rules regarding distribution of shares

When you register a work with STIM, and you don't enter a share split, distribution will be according to STIM's distribution rules. These, in short, stipulate that everyone involved receives an equal share.

The tables below show some examples of how STIM's distribution rules work.

Manuscript works (not published by a music publisher)

Example 1: Musical work (no lyrics or additional lyrics) (C=composer)
Performances Mechanical royalties
C 100% 100%
Example 2: Musical work with lyrics (C=composer, A=author)
Performances Mechanical royalties
C 50% 50%
A 50% 50%
Exemple 3: Music and lyrics where the composer and author are public domain, and there is a music and/or lyric arranger (C=composer, A=author, AR=music arranger, SA=arranger of lyrics)
Performances Mechanical royalties
C 0% 0%
A 0% 0%
AR 33,33% 100%
C 0% 0%
A 0% 0%
SA 33,33% 100%

Published works

Example 1: Musical work (no lyrics or additional lyrics) (C=composer, E=publisher)
Performances Mechanical royalties
C 66,67% 66,67%
E 33,33% 33,33%
Example 2: Musical work with lyrics (C=composer, A=author, E=publisher)
Performances Mechanical royalties
C 33,33% 33,33%
A 33,33% 33,33%
E 33,33% 33,33%
Example 3: Music and lyrics where the composer and author are public domain, and there is a music and/or lyrics arranger (C=composer, A=author, AR=music arranger, SA=arranger of lyrics, E=publisher)
Performances Mechanical royalties
C 0,00% 0,00%
A 0,00% 0,00%
AR 33,33% 66,67%
E 33,33% 33,33%
C 0,00% 0,00%
A 0,00% 0,00%
SA 33,33% 66,67%
E 33,33% 33,33%