What are Rights?

Rights (also known as Copyrights) refers to the structured organization of all legal and contractual information that governs the ownership, control, and exploitation of musical works.

It enables publishers, administrators, and their partners to:

Maintain accurate and reliable data.
Streamline catalog transfers between stakeholders and with Collective Management Organizations (CMO/PRO/MRO).
Establish a solid foundation for catalog administration and reporting.

By structuring rights data in this way, Reprtoir is fully CWR compliant, ensuring smooth and accurate data exchanges with CMOs, PROs, MROs, and industry partners.

⚠️ Do not confuse Right Shares and Royalty Splits

In Reprtoir, Right Shares and Royalty Splits represent two complementary but very different views:

Right Shares (the chain of rights) reflect the legal and contractual reality of a work: who owns what, and under which conditions. This includes both controlled and uncontrolled contributors.
Royalty Splits reflect the financial allocation of revenues: who gets paid, from which income streams, and according to which contractual rules. Only the contributors your company is responsible for appear here.

Comparative View

Dimension	Right Shares (Chain of Rights)	Royalty Splits
Purpose	Legal and contractual organization of the work	Financial calculation and distribution of revenues
Perspective	Who owns what	Who gets paid and how
Content	All contributors, including uncontrolled ones	Only contributors your company must remunerate
Use	Basis for registrations, catalog administration, and compliance	Basis for royalty accounting and statements

In short:

Right Shares = legal ownership structure
Royalty Splits = financial distribution structure

Confusing the two can lead to errors in registrations and royalty statements. Always treat them as distinct but complementary layers of rights management.