« Back to FAQs How does BMI handle a Work for Hire?
BMI accepts registrations for works-for-hire. The company that hired you will normally own the copyright and be entitled to claim your publishing share. However, per BMI policy the writer, and not the company, must be listed as a composer/author on the registration. The only way for the company that commissioned you to receive your writer performance royalties would be through a royalty assignment. However, it is between you and the company to determine whether that is necessary.