Development Roadmap for Django Music Publisher

Original Publisher(s)

Django Music Publisher originally supported just one publisher per installation. No data on other publishers (publishers for non-controlled writers) can be entered. This will not change.

Administration, Co-Publishing and Sub-Publishing

Django Music Publisher only supports one original publisher per controlled writer and does not take data on administrators or sub-publishers, nor any territory-related data. None of it is on the roadmap for Django Music Publisher.

Co-publishing deals are still possible, though each publisher has to manage their own data. Consult the manual for details.

Writer and Publisher Shares

Staring with 2020, Django Music Publisher features a global agreement shares setting.

Default is still that controlled writers maintain 50% of performing rights, while the other 50% and 100% of mechanical and synchronization rights are transferred to the original publisher. This is how things are usually done in the US, UK, and many other countries.

However, other countries may have other customs and sometimes rules, e.g. in the Netherlands, only 1/3 of the shares are transferred to the publisher.

The only information, in either case, needed is the writers’ relative (“manuscript) shares, all share data is calculated based on that. This will not change.