Overview
Publishing agreements often define named groups of compositions — “Controlled Compositions”, “Back Catalogue”, “Heritage Catalog”, “Sunset Publishing Catalog” — and then grant rights over that group as a whole. The Publishing Catalogs extraction captures each such defined-term catalogue the agreement grants control over, so that individual composition assets can be linked to the catalogue they belong to. This is a publishing-side concept. Most recording-only agreements return no catalogues here.When a Catalog Is Extracted
A catalogue is only extracted when it is a genuine defined term the agreement exercises control over — it must have a name (a defined term in the contract), a definition (what the catalogue contains), and the agreement must grant control over it (license, assignment, or administration). Passing references to a catalogue the agreement does not act on are not extracted, and a catalogue is never inferred.What Gets Extracted
Each catalogue entry contains:| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | The verbatim defined-term name as it appears in the contract (e.g., “Controlled Compositions”, “Back Catalogue”), with its exact casing preserved |
| Description | A factual summary of what the catalogue contains, taken as closely as possible from the contract’s own definition wording (“shall mean…”, “comprising…”) |
| Condition | A qualifying requirement that narrows membership beyond the base definition (e.g., “the composition must be embodied in the Master”) — empty when the description already fully characterises membership |
| Citations | The specific contract clauses that define the catalogue |