Works Interested Party Roles
Adapter | The author or one of the authors of an adapted text of a musical work. |
Administrator * | An interested party that collects royalty payments on behalf of a publisher that it represents. |
Arranger | A modifier of musical elements in a musical work |
Author, Writer, Lyricist | The creator or one of the creators of a text of a musical work. |
Composer | The creator, or one of the creators, of the musical elements of a musical work |
Composer/Author | The creator or one of the creators of text and musical elements within a musical work |
Original Publisher | The interested party, which has acquired by agreement with a composer and/or author rights in a work for a stipulated territory and for a stipulated duration |
Publisher Income Participant * | A person or corporation that receives royalty payments for work but is not a copyright owner. |
Sub-Author | The author of a text substituting or modifying an existing text of a musical work |
Sub-Publisher * | The interested party, which has acquired by agreement with a publisher rights in one or more works for a stipulated territory and duration. |
Sub-Arranger | A creator of arrangements made on behalf of the sub-publisher. Note: cannot be used on WID submissions |
Substituted Publisher * | A publisher acting on behalf of a publisher or sub-publisher |
Translator | The modifier of the text of a musical work into a different language |
Associated Performer | An artist commonly associated with a work whose name can be used for accurate identification |
