Bands who split royalties are more successful, ‘Loyalties vs Royalties’ study found
This week’s Hypebot Flashback Friday post revisits a Stanford Law School study that found that bands that split royalty income evenly were more successful in the long run.
Loyalties vs Royalties
by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0
One of the biggest problems with bands that become successful is when the songwriter starts living large from publishing royalties while the rest of the band still are just getting by. Resentment builds, and the band eventually breaks up. On the other hand, bands that have split royalties equally have had great success over the years, according to a paper by Sarah Polcz at the Stanford Law School entitled “Loyalties vs Royalties.”
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