Track deal terms, territories, rights periods and ownership splits in one platform built for the music industry. Every contract connected directly to your catalogue.
Trusted by leading independent labels and publishers to bring structure and visibility to their contractual obligations.
Trusted by leading music companies worldwide
Music contract management is the process of documenting, tracking and managing every deal attached to your music catalogue. This includes artist agreements, distribution deals, publishing contracts, sync licences, sub-publishing arrangements and any other commercial relationship that governs how your music is exploited.
For record labels and publishers, every release exists within a web of contractual obligations: who owns the rights, in which territories, for how long and on what terms. Getting any of this wrong means missed revenue, compliance failures or, in the worst case, legal exposure.
Modern music contract management software like rightsHUB connects your deals directly to your catalogue data, so that rights positions, territory restrictions and ownership splits are always accurate and always reflected in your metadata deliveries.
Most labels and publishers still track contracts in spreadsheets, shared drives or worse, email threads. This creates real problems.
Rights revert and nobody notices. Revenue continues to flow to the wrong party. Disputes follow.
Revenue gets allocated based on outdated or inaccurate deal terms. Artists and partners lose trust.
When a buyer, investor or auditor asks to see your contracts, scattered files and inconsistent records signal risk.
Without structured territory tracking, content gets delivered to markets where you do not hold rights.
Different team members work from different versions. Nobody is confident the data is current or complete.
Contract terms get typed into one system, then re-typed into another. Errors multiply with every copy.
Purpose-built for labels, publishers and catalogue owners. Every contract feature connects directly to your catalogue data.
Generate professional contracts from customisable templates pre-populated with your deal data. Issue, track and manage agreements without leaving the platform.
Document rights on a territory-by-territory basis with start and end dates. Always know exactly where you hold rights, for how long and under what terms.
Record revenue splits, advances, recoupment terms and profit-share arrangements across multiple parties. Every stakeholder's position is documented clearly.
Never miss a critical date. rightsHUB tracks contract expiry and rights reversion dates so you can plan renewals, renegotiations or catalogue transitions in advance.
Contracts link directly to releases, tracks and works. When you update a deal, the rights position flows through to your metadata and delivery workflows automatically.
Track statements, monitor obligations and maintain a complete audit trail. Every deal detail is searchable, structured and ready for due diligence at any moment.
Track artist deals, distribution agreements and licensing terms across your entire roster. Know exactly which rights you hold, in which territories, until when.
Manage writer agreements, sub-publishing deals and sync licensing contracts. Document ownership splits and collection shares with precision.
Maintain a clear, structured record of every deal attached to your catalogue. Essential for valuations, acquisitions and investor due diligence.
Oversee your artists' contractual positions across labels, publishers and sync agents. One view of every deal, every deadline and every obligation.
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rightsHUB has been a massive part of the way we have grown and developed our business in Label Services, giving us transparency, connectivity and direct access to all of our metadata and files, all in one place.
Simon Birkumshaw
Director of Operations, Label Services at The Circuit Group
Common questions about managing music contracts with rightsHUB
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