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Cosynd offers A2IM members free catalog assessments to ensure your copyrights are protected

Cosynd makes the complicated, but necessary work of establishing ownership of your content easy and affordable. Using Cosynd, A2IM Members can now automate copyright agreements and seamlessly register those copyrights with the U.S. Copyright Office for all of their content assets, such as sound recordings, compositions, lyrics, videos, imagery, literature, and more, at significantly discounted rates.

Today we’re excited to share that Cosynd is offering FREE catalog assessments, on top of discounted rates on all of Cosynd’s services that will ensure your copyrights are protected.

Learn more about each of the benefits available to you as a member.

COPYRIGHT REGISTRATIONS 
$25  • Per Registration + filing fees — that’s 80% less than similar services 
We encourage you to include copyright registration as part of your release strategy — you can’t file a lawsuit, take part in a class action, or receive statutory damages of $150,000 plus attorney fees per infringement unless you have registered with the U.S. Copyright Office beforehand. 

There is no substitute for registering with the U.S. Copyright Office, such as “poor man’s copyright”, affidavit services, collection societies, or other types of copyright databases

Seamlessly register your copyrights and let Cosynd handle the preparation, review, and e-filing for you. Get started here: https://cosynd.com/partner/a2im

Cosynd can also perform bulk registrations or record a transfer of copyright. To inquire: Get in touch (or email [email protected] / prefill optional)
CATALOG ASSESSMENT FREE • Review catalog and provide risk analysisIdentify the number of works in a catalog that are registered, unregistered, and may require modification!

Have a large catalog that you’d like to protect? Have you recently acquired copyrights or has the ownership of your copyrights changed?  Undergoing this assessment can help you understand your potential risks and identify a registration strategy that works for you. 

To take advantage of these services, fill out this brief form.
COPYRIGHT AGREEMENTS 
$500 • Annual Membership
A2IM members will have an exclusive offering to Cosynd’s annual premium membership so that they can create copyright agreements on behalf of their artists that establish ownership and outline important details that are required to sell, license, or otherwise monetize those assets. 

Members can build, negotiate, redline, and e-sign an unlimited amount of various copyright agreements on behalf of their artists and collaborators using Cosynd’s unique step-by-step process. Choose from Split Sheets, Work for Hire, Collaboration, or Producer Agreements to establish ownership and get everyone on the same page about what they can (or can’t) do with one’s content.

To sign up: Get in touch (or email [email protected] / prefill optional)

Questions? Check out our FAQ page!

About A2IM:
A2IM is a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit trade organization headquartered in New York City that exists to support and strengthen the independent recorded music sector. Membership currently includes a broad coalition of more than 700 Independently-owned American music labels. A2IM represents these independently owned small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) interests in the marketplace, in the media, on Capitol Hill, and as part of the global music community. In doing so, it supports a key segment of America’s creative class that represents America’s diverse musical cultural heritage. Billboard Magazine identified the Independent music label sector as 37.32 percent of the music industry’s U.S. recorded music sales market in 2016 based on copyright ownership, making Independent labels collectively the largest music industry sector.

Learn more about A2IM here.
For information about how to join our community, see here.