DG©M will ONLY actively manage your copyrights after they finally and properly transferred under your will to the Guild, or to one of its related non-profits. Upon the successful transfer of ownership, a “DG Estate Membership” will be established in your name, with the new copyright owner designated as your estate representative for the purposes of managing the enrolled work. DG©M can then engage in activities such as granting rights to publishers and producers, exercising authorial approvals, working with agents/publishers to seek and evaluate offers and opportunities, and seeking publishers and licensing agents to represent the work if it is unpublished.

We continue to develop relationships with key organizations including:
Concord Music Publishing
Concord Theatricals
Harry Ransom Center

 

General Management Efforts:

DG©M will generally engage in the following sorts of activities for published works:

  • Evaluate all grants of rights in the work (including grants to publishers/music publishers/performances rights societies/agents/producers), and exercise termination rights where needed;

  • Work with agents/publishers to seek and evaluate offers and opportunities;

  • Act as an authorial proxy in exercising all authorial approvals;

  • Include and promote the work in all our marketing materials, including our online catalog;

  • Track all revenues due to the copyright owner and make all required 3rd party payments; and

  • Conduct such audits as may be necessary, from time to time.

The DG©M will also perform the following management activities specific to unpublished works:

  • Exercise unexploited rights in the work, to the extent possible;

  • Register with performing rights societies (e.g., ASCAP, BMI, SESAC) as needed; and

  • Seek other publishers, music publishers, and licensing agents to represent the work.