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No. 30Rights & Licenses
Also called compilation licence, greatest hits, various artists release
The label's right to include your recordings on compilation albums or playlists.
Watch closely
Compilation placements affect brand perception and income; approval rights protect both.
Compilation rights allow the label to include your recordings on various artists compilations, greatest hits packages, or curated playlists, without necessarily seeking your approval for each placement. Compilation releases can revitalise catalogue income or dilute an artist's control over how their music is presented.
Appearing on the wrong compilation (low-budget, poorly curated, associated with a brand you don't align with) can harm an artist's image. Compilation accounting can also be complex, pro-rated across multiple tracks and releases.
The same clause is drafted three ways. These are the positions we see, worst first, so you can tell at a glance which one is in front of you.
The drafting language and the negotiation moves for this clause are part of the workspace.
You have read what the clause means and where the risk sits. The rest is the side-by-side of how it reads when it is against you and when it is not, plus the specific moves that get it there.