Does ToneGrid handle both master and publishing rights?

Yes. ToneGrid separates the recording (master) side from the composition (publishing) side, each with its own owners, shares, and identifiers (ISRC for the recording, ISWC for the work). Writer and publisher splits, mechanical considerations, and neighbouring rights are tracked alongside the master so a label running both sides has one consistent rights picture.

How does ToneGrid detect rights conflicts before delivery?

Every release is screened at ingestion against the catalogue and the account history. Ownership overlaps, split allocations that do not total 100%, duplicate ISRC assignments, territory and sub-publishing conflicts, and embargo clashes are surfaced before the release is dispatched to any store, not after a DSP rejects the delivery or a rights holder disputes a payout.

When and how are royalties collected and paid out?

ToneGrid collects revenue directly from 220+ DSPs and reconciles it against each release's split tree every cycle. Tenants receive monthly statements in their dashboard, and payouts run on a monthly cycle, 10 to 15 days after each earning month closes. Payout rails include wire, PayPal, Payoneer, Paystack, Flutterwave, and approved digital currency, with configurable minimum thresholds at both the platform and artist level.

Rights Management

Every right. Every split.
Accounted for.

Q: What is rights management in music distribution?

Rights management is the system of record for who owns what in a catalogue and who gets paid for it. On ToneGrid that means a single ledger covering master (recording) rights, publishing (composition) rights, ownership splits down to the contributor, the deal terms attached to each release, and the identifiers (ISRC, UPC, ISWC) that tie it all together, so every dollar collected from a DSP lands in the right account.

Q: Can each label or sub-distributor manage its own rights?

Yes. ToneGrid is multi-tenant by design. Every label and sub-distributor on your platform gets its own rights console, scoped to its roster and shown under its own brand, while the platform operator keeps a consolidated view across every tenant. Rights review is a dedicated permission group, and every change to ownership, splits, or contracts is written to an immutable audit trail.

Possession, deal terms, et royalty splits are where distribution stops being simple. ToneGrid gives toi one rights ledger for master et publishing, models the real deal down to the last contributor, et pays every party accurately across Plus de 220 DSP. No spreadsheets, no reconciliation guesswork.

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Rights intelligence, built into the infrastructure

Why It Matters

The hard part of distribution, handled

Livraison is solved. What breaks distribution businesses is everything that happens to the money after it comes back: tangled splits, opaque statements, et manual payouts that never quite reconcile.

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Numérique deal terms

Encode advances, recoupment, term length, territory, et escalators once. Every release inherits the deal, et the engine enforces it on every payout cycle automatically.

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Transparent statements

Branded, line-item statements per artist et per period, traceable from a single flux tous the way up to the platform. Nobody has to take ton number on faith.

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Automated payouts

Once the split tree is reconciled, payouts run themselves across wire, PayPal, Payoneer, Paystack, Flutterwave, et more, in the currency each party expects.

The Rights Ledger

One source of truth for who owns what

Rights actif in one ledger, pas scattered across contracts, inboxes, et spreadsheets. Every capability below reads from et writes to the same record.

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Possession & Splits

Define who holds what share of a release, len nest it: platform to sub-étiquette to artist to producer to writer. Percentages, fixed fees, et per-territory variations tous actif on the same record.

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Master Rights

Track the recording side end to end: rights holders, ISRC, étiquette, et the deal that governs it. The master record drives delivery et every cent of recording revenue collected from DSPs.

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Publishing & Composition

Keep the composition side separate et complete: writers, publishers, ISWC, et writer or publisher share splits, so the people behind the song are accounted for, pas just the recording.

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Droits voisins

Capture performer et master-side performance entitlements alongside the recording, so the rights that pay out beyond streaming are documented from day one rather than reconstructed later.

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Conflict Detection

Splits that do pas total 100%, overlapping ownership claims, duplicate ISRCs, et territory or sub-publishing clashes are flagged at ingestion, avant a release ships or a payout goes wrong.

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Identifiers & Registration

ISRCs are assigned automatically after QC approval (never at upload), UPCs are généré for every release, et rights data exchanges cleanly over DDEX ERN 4.3 with ton partners.

The Split Engine

Splits that mirror the real deal

Real deals are pas flat. A étiquette takes its share, le artist takes theirs, a producer sits on points, a songwriter is owed a slice, et an advance is still recouping in the background. ToneGrid models tous of it as one tree.

When each cycle's DSP revenue is reconciled, le engine walks the tree, applies recoupment, et writes a line item for every party. The split that was agreed is the split that gets paid, every period, without a spreadsheet in sight.

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Split Tree

"Midnight in Lagos" · Single

Balanced 100%

hub Plate-forme 15%

apartment Northsound (Sub-étiquette) 25%

person Kizzy Banx (Artist) 40%

piano DJ Phantom (Producer) 12%

lyrics Amaka O. (Writer) 8%

Artist advance recoupment $1,640 / $2,000

Period revenue reconciled $6,402.18

Deal Terms

Active

Advance

$2,000

Recoupment

From net

Term

3 years

Territoire

Worldwide

Escalator

Artist share after recoupment 40% → 50%

verified Applied automatically to every release under this deal

Numérique Deal Terms

Complex contracts, enforced automatically

A deal is more than a percentage. There are advances to recoup, terms that expire, territories that carve up the world, et escalators that change the math once a threshold is hit. Re-applying tous of that by hand every cycle is how money goes missing.

On ToneGrid toi encode the deal once. Every release attached to it inherits the terms, et the royalty engine enforces them on every payout: recoupment comes off the top, escalators flip at the right moment, et expired terms stop paying. The contract et the calculation are the same object.

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Advances & recoupment

Track recoupable balances to zero avant profit shares kick in.

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Escalators & tiers

Partager percentages that step up once a revenue or recoupment threshold is met.

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Territoire carve-outs

Different owners or shares per region, applied per flux by territory.

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Terms & expiry

Deals that start, end, et revert rights on calendrier, no manual cleanup.

Comment ça marche

From rights to payout in quatre étapes

1

Register Rights

Capture owners on the master et publishing sides, attach identifiers, et let conflict detection clear the release avant it ships.

2

Modèle the Deal

Build the split tree et encode the terms: advances, recoupment, escalators, territory, et expiry, tous on one record.

3

Collect & Reconcile

Revenu is collected directly from Plus de 220 DSP et reconciled against every split tree, line by line, each cycle.

4

Pay Accurately

Déclarations publish to every tableau de bord et payouts run across multiple rails et currencies, fully audit-trailed.

Déclarations & Transparence

Numbers anyone can trace et trust

Trust in une entreprise de distribution is built one statement at a time. ToneGrid produces branded, line-item statements every period, for the platform, each étiquette, et each artist, with the path from a single flux up to the final payout visible at every level.

When an artist asks where a number came from, le answer is one click away, pas a week of spreadsheet archaeology. Export to PDF or CSV, hand it to a rights holder, et move on.

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Royauté Statement

Kizzy Banx · May 2026

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Streaming (Spotify, Apple, Boomplay…) $4,118.40

Downloads $214.05

UGC & video $69.73

Less: advance recoupment - $360.00

Net payable $4,042.18

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Construit multi-locataires

Gestion des droits that s'adapte à votre réseau

Exécuter un plateforme de distribution en marque blanche means every étiquette et sub-distributor toi onboard brings its own rights, deals, et rights holders. ToneGrid's ledger was built for exactly that topology.

Each tenant manages its own catalogue under its own brand. You keep oversight across the whole network. And because rights review is a dedicated permission, toi grant it to the people who need it without exposing billing or catalogue controls.

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Per-Tenant Rights Consoles

Every étiquette et sub-distributor gets its own rights et royalty workspace, scoped to its roster et shown under its brand.

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Surveillance à l’échelle de la plateforme

Plate-forme operators voir consolidated rights et revenue across every tenant, catching overlap et exposure that a single roster would hide.

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Rôle-Based Permissions

Rights review is its own permission groupe. Grant it to rights managers et finance staff without handing over the rest of the platform.

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Immutable Audit Trail

Every change to ownership, splits, et deal terms is logged with who et when, giving toi a defensible record for rights holders et partners.

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Rights is one layer of the stack

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Distribution Pipeline

Automated delivery to Plus de 220 DSP with QC, scheduling, et full delivery logs.

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Détection de fraude par IA

Protect the royalty pool with AI screening for artificial streams et infringing uploads.

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Intégrations DSP

The 220+ magasins et platforms ToneGrid delivers to et collects revenue from.

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Marque blanche Plate-forme

Run the entire distribution entreprise under ton own name, branding, et domain.

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Distribution API

Programmatic access to catalogue, rights, royalty, et delivery endpoints with webhooks.

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Pour les étiquettes

How labels run their catalogue, roster, et rights on ToneGrid infrastructure.

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FAQ

Foire aux des questions des questions

What is rights management in music distribution? expand_more

Gestion des droits is the system of record for who owns what in a catalogue et who gets paid for it. On ToneGrid that means a single ledger covering master (recording) rights, publishing (composition) rights, ownership splits down to the contributor, le deal terms attached to each release, et the identifiers (ISRC, UPC, ISWC) that tie it tous together, so every dollar collected from a DSP lands in the right account.

How do royalty splits work on ToneGrid? expand_more

Splits are modelled as trees with no depth limit. A single release can flow from platform to sub-étiquette to artist to producer to songwriter, with percentages, fixed fees, et recoupable advances at any node. When DSP revenue is reconciled each cycle, le engine walks the tree automatically et writes a line item for every party, so the split that was agreed is the split that gets paid.

Does ToneGrid handle both master et publishing rights? expand_more

Oui. ToneGrid separates the recording (master) side from the composition (publishing) side, each with its own owners, shares, et identifiers (ISRC for the recording, ISWC for the work). Writer et publisher splits, mechanical considerations, et neighbouring rights are tracked alongside the master so a étiquette running both sides has one consistent rights picture.

How does ToneGrid detect rights conflicts avant delivery? expand_more

Every release is screened at ingestion against the catalogue et the account histoire. Possession overlaps, split allocations that do pas total 100%, duplicate ISRC assignments, territory et sub-publishing conflicts, et embargo clashes are surfaced avant the release is dispatched to any magasin, pas after a DSP rejects the delivery or a rights holder disputes a payout.

When et how are royalties collected et paid out? expand_more

ToneGrid collects revenue directly from Plus de 220 DSP et reconciles it against each release's split tree every cycle. Tenants receive monthly statements in their tableau de bord, et payouts run on a monthly cycle, 10 to 15 days after each revenus month closes. Payout rails include wire, PayPal, Payoneer, Paystack, Flutterwave, et approved digital currency, with configurable minimum thresholds at both the platform et artist level.

Can each étiquette or sub-distributor manage its own rights? expand_more

Oui. ToneGrid is multi-tenant by conception. Every étiquette et sub-distributor on ton platform gets its own rights console, scoped to its roster et shown under its own brand, while the platform operator keeps a consolidated view across every tenant. Rights review is a dedicated permission groupe, et every change to ownership, splits, ou contracts is written to an immutable audit trail.

Get the rights right.
Everything else follows.

Gestion des droits is built into ToneGrid's distribution infrastructure, pas sold as a separate product. Lancement ton white-étiquette platform with the ledger, splits, et payouts already wired in.

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Every right. Every split.Accounted for.