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  "description": "Choose and join a performing rights organization (PRO) as a songwriter and, if wanted, as a publisher: compare ASCAP, BMI, and others, prepare the application, get the writer ID (IPI/CAE), and understand the next registrations (The MLC and SoundExchange). Use when the user asks 'which PRO should I join', 'how do I get paid when my song plays', 'register as a songwriter', or 'start a publishing company'.",
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  "skill_md_contents": "---\nname: register-with-pro\ndescription: \"Choose and join a performing rights organization (PRO) as a songwriter and, if wanted, as a publisher: compare ASCAP, BMI, and others, prepare the application, get the writer ID (IPI/CAE), and understand the next registrations (The MLC and SoundExchange). Use when the user asks 'which PRO should I join', 'how do I get paid when my song plays', 'register as a songwriter', or 'start a publishing company'.\"\nmetadata:\n  author: Artispreneur\n  version: \"2.0.0\"\n  desk: Release\n  group: \"Publishing & PRO\"\n  display_name: \"PRO Registration\"\n  website: https://www.artispreneur.com\n---\n\n# PRO Registration\n\n> Join ASCAP, BMI, or SESAC the right way, as writer and publisher.\n> *Release desk · Publishing & PRO · about 20 minutes*\n\n## When to use\n\n- The artist writes songs and has never joined a PRO.\n- The artist wants to collect the publisher share, not only the writer share.\n- A release is coming and royalty collection is not set up.\n\n## Ask first\n\nRead the artist profile first (`artist-profile.md`, or the profile pasted in chat) and only ask for what is missing. Ask in one short batch.\n\n- Country and whether the artist is a songwriter, a performer, or both.\n- Stage or writer display names (remind the artist to enter their legal name, date of birth, street address, and tax ID directly on the official PRO portal).\n- Whether the artist already has a publisher, administrator, or label deal.\n- Whether the artist wants to create a self-publishing entity.\n- Number of songs written and release plans.\n\n## Workflow\n\n1. Explain what a PRO does: it licenses public performances of compositions and pays the writers and publishers. A PRO does not collect for the sound recording itself.\n2. Choose one PRO as a writer (a writer can be affiliated with only one PRO at a time). In the US the open options are typically ASCAP and BMI; SESAC and GMR are generally invite-only. Outside the US use the local society (for example PRS, SOCAN, GEMA, APRA AMCOS). Give a comparison table: how to join, fees to confirm, payment schedule, online tools, and any contract term.\n3. Prepare the application worksheet using stage names, works to add, and `[LEGAL_NAME_ON_ID]`, `[CONTACT_ON_PORTAL]`, and `[DOB_ON_PORTAL]` placeholders so the artist enters personal identifiers directly on the PRO's official website. Fees and terms are confirmed on the PRO's site.\n4. Publisher side: a PRO pays the writer's share to the writer and the publisher's share to the publisher. To collect both, the artist sets up a publishing entity (a name, and a separate publisher account with the PRO). If the artist has a publisher or administrator, do not duplicate.\n5. After joining, record the writer ID (IPI/CAE) in `artist-profile.md`.\n6. Next registrations: song-by-song with the PRO, then The MLC for US streaming mechanicals and SoundExchange for digital performance of recordings (see `register-tracks-with-pro` and `royalty-readiness`).\n\n## Deliverables\n\n- PRO comparison table with open items marked to confirm.\n- Application worksheet.\n- Writer and publisher setup plan.\n- Post-join checklist.\n\nSave each deliverable as a Markdown file if file tools are available; otherwise present it in the conversation.\n\n## Quality checks (run before handing over)\n\n- [ ] The artist understands the PRO covers the composition, not the recording.\n- [ ] Only one PRO is chosen as writer.\n- [ ] Fees and terms are marked `[CONFIRM on PRO site]`.\n- [ ] The plan includes The MLC and SoundExchange as separate steps.\n\n## Guardrails\n\n- Do not state fees or eligibility rules from memory; point to the PRO's site.\n- Do not ask for SSN or tax details; the artist enters them on the PRO's site.\n- Register only songs the artist wrote or co-wrote.\n- Never invent facts, numbers, credits, quotes, placements, or contacts. If the artist has not supplied something, ask or mark it `[CONFIRM]`.\n- Label every estimate as an ESTIMATE and show the formula or assumption behind it.\n- Never collect, solicit, or process Restricted Data: payment card data (PCI DSS), protected health information (PHI), government identifiers (Social Security numbers, ITINs, EIN digits, passport or driver's license numbers), or access credentials and authentication secrets (passwords, API keys, MFA/OTP codes, bank logins). The artist enters sensitive information directly on official sites.\n- Gather only the minimum task-specific input required; never request full conversation history, raw chat transcripts, or precise user location data (street addresses or GPS coordinates).\n- Do not display subscription plans, promote paid upgrades, sell digital goods/credits, or embed checkout flows.\n- Draft first. Never claim anything was filed, registered, sent, posted, uploaded, or paid. The artist takes every outside action.\n\n## Hand-offs\n\n- `register-tracks-with-pro`: register each song\n- `royalty-readiness`: check all four royalty routes\n- `create-split-sheet-agreement`: document co-writes first\n\n## Start with\n\n> Which PRO should I join, and how do I set up as both writer and publisher?\n\n---\nGeneral information to help you prepare, not legal advice. For anything binding or disputed, have an entertainment attorney review it.\n\n*Artispreneur · Art Means Business · https://www.artispreneur.com*\n"
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