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Royalty Ledger Overview

The Media industry faces particularly unique challenges to account for the way it operates - namely the acquisition of the right to exploit an author's work, an artist's performance, a songwriter's song, etc. Accounting for the ensuing legal agreements (and the complex clauses they frequently impose) results in challenges not only in the underlying royalty calculations but also in the way that the overall account is managed:

  • Does the agreement allow for recoupment of any costs from Author / rights holder?
  • Are advances paid? What happens when accounts remain in an unrecouped position?
  • Are accounts for different works by the same author / rights holder cross recoupable?
  • Does an agent / producer / sampler have any rights?
  • Do any other contributors have rights?

The Royalty Ledger has been developed by G3 Global to specifically address the unique requirements of the media industry.

What does the Royalty Ledger do?

The Royalty Ledger provides a solution to account royalty and cost information to Authors / Rights owners / Artists and any of the related rights sharers in an accurate, auditable and timely manner. Some of the overriding objectives met are:

  • Transparency of information
  • Use of core SAP functionality to benefit from inherent integrity and control
  • Provides additional Royalty process integrity and controls
  • Adds visibility to Royalty Accounting stakeholders
  • Increases transparency external stakeholders
  • Provides review process for complex statements
  • Manage industry challenges around royaltor / sub-royaltor relationship
  • Provides accounting tools for GAAP compliance

G3 Global have developed a bespoke solution written within and using an extensive amount of SAP standard functionality, whilst delivering the unique requirements of the music industry Artist Accounting.