Music Distribution & Rights Resources
Practical, jargon-free guides from the Dorpon Media team on getting music and video onto global platforms, protecting it with YouTube Content ID, and collecting every royalty it earns. Each guide is written for independent artists, labels, publishers and digital creators working in any market worldwide.
Music Distribution: The Complete Guide
How digital music distribution works end to end — delivery, stores, royalties, timelines and what a distributor actually does.
How to Release Music on Spotify and Apple Music
A step-by-step release checklist: audio specs, artwork, metadata, release dates, pre-saves and pitching.
What Is YouTube Content ID?
How Content ID fingerprinting, claims and revenue sharing work — and how rights holders use it correctly.
YouTube CMS and MCN Explained
The difference between a CMS, a network, an OAC and a channel partnership — plus monetization and strike recovery.
Music Publishing Royalties Explained
Mechanical, performance and sync royalties, PROs and CMOs, and why publishing administration matters.
ISRC, UPC and Music Metadata
The identifiers and metadata fields that decide whether your royalties are matched and paid correctly.
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