Application for Membership

Membership Type

I’m A Writer

I’m A Publisher

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View Publisher Application Requirements

Publisher

NAME OF COMPANY(Required)

TRADING OR BUSINESS NAME (if different from above)

CONTACT PERSON(Required)

Registered Office Address(Required)

Street Address Address Line 2 City Parish / State / Province ZIP / Postal Code Country

Email(Required)

Telephone (Home)

Telephone (Mobile)(Required)

Fax(Required)

LIMITED COMPANY PARTNERSHIP SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP DATE OF INCORPORATION(Required)

INDICATE COMPANY STATUS(Required)

LIMITED COMPANY

PARTNERSHIP

SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP

PLACE OF INCORPORATION(Required)

DETAILS OF AUTHORIZING OFFICERS(Required)

Names

Telephone

Email address

Copies of TRN and IDs for Signing Officers(Required)

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Max. file size: 256 MB.

Copy of all registration documents(Required)

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Max. file size: 256 MB.

State if you have any affiliation with other societies or organizations administering performing or mechanical rights any where in the world.

State affiliation

State member details

State the territories JACAP should exclude if applicable

Royalty Payment Deposit Details

NAME OF INSTITUTION(Required)

Branch(Required)

ACCOUNT NO(Required)

BANK/SWIFT CODE

NAME ON BANK ACCOUNT(Required)

List of Works

Please list below at least ten works, the composers of which must all be members of JACAP or one of its Affiliated Societies

LIST OF WORKS(Required)

Title of Works

Writers Name(s)

Date assigned to applicants

Works which have been commercially recorded, release and published

Copy of writers agreements of the works listed in support your application

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Max. file size: 256 MB.

Copy of sub-publishing agreements

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Max. file size: 256 MB.

Writer

Name(Required)

First Name Middle Name Last Name

Date of Birth(Required)

TRN Number(Required)

Nationality(Required)

Country of Birth(Required)

Address(Required)

Street Address Address Line 2 City Parish / State / Province ZIP / Postal Code Country

Telephone (Home)

Telephone (Mobile)(Required)

Email(Required)

Category of Applicant(Required)

Author

Composer

Rights Acquired

Country of Residence(Required)

Identification Document(Required)

Birth certificate

Passport

Driver’s license

National I.D

Photocopy of ID(Required)

Accepted file types: png, jpg, pdf, Max. file size: 256 MB.

Copy of TRN(Required)

Accepted file types: png, jpg, pdf, Max. file size: 256 MB.

Copy of passport sized photo(Required)

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Accepted file types: png, jpg, pdf, Max. file size: 256 MB.

If you write under pseudonyms/stage name please let us have the details

Are you, or have you been a member of any other performing or mechanical rights society?(Required)

Yes

If yes, please state

What is your Member/CAE

Indicate reasons for leaving society above

Have you assigned any works to a Music Publisher?(Required)

Yes

How would you like to share your commercial recordings with us?(Required)

Links to recordings

File upload of recordings

Links to commercial recordings(Required)

Copy (copies) of your commercial recording (s) [other performance details must be on Notification of Works Forms]

Commercial Recordings upload(Required)

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Max. file size: 256 MB.

Copy (copies) of your commercial recording (s) [other performance details must be on Notification of Works Forms]

I've attached the following in support of my application. I understand and accept that failure to submit relevant supporting documents may result in my application being refused:(Required)

Copy (copies) of my commercial recording (s) [other performance details must be on Notification of Works Forms]

Photocopy of my birth certificate, passport, driver’s license or National I.De

Signed Membership Agreement

Admission fee of J$2,500.00 (cash or Manager’s cheque payable to JACAP)

Copy of TRN and a passport sized photo

NB* All copies should accompany the original documents for verification

Successor Details

In the event death occurs, please indicate successor appointed to collect whatever royalties generated

Name of Successor(Required)

Relation to Member(Required)

Select US representation(Required)

ASCAP

BMI

SESAC

Royalty payment details

If you want us to pay your royalties straight into your account, please give us the details.

Name of bank/building society/credit union etc.(Required)

Branch(Required)

Account Number(Required)

Name on Bank Account(Required)

Bank/Swift Code

Please Read This

The attached Membership Agreement, which only takes effect if your application for membership is successful, vests in the Society the ownership of your performing and film synchronisation rights (you may also sign a separate Deed of Assignment for Mechanical/ Reproduction rights if you wish to assign these to the Society). Please note this is a legal document concerning the transfer by you of certain rights to the Society and if you are in any doubt as to its effects you are advised to take legal advice before signing it. The assignment of rights shall be for the territory of the world unless otherwise stated. JACAP reserves the right to disclose to authorised members or to other similar Societies information concerning any of your com-positions. The Society is not obligated to make royalty payments to you for performances of your works which take place prior to admission to membership.

Membership Agreement(Required)

I agree to the Writer Membership Agreement(Required)

Please note that this is an important document. By signing it you will hand over certain rights to us. It also sets out precisely what you can expect from us and what we can expect from you whilst you are a member.
1. Definitions
In this Agreement:-
(a) words and phrases which are not defined shall have the same meaning as in our Articles
(b) “Articles” means our Articles and Memorandum of Association, this also include our Distribution Rules & Company Rules and Regulations. (c) “We” means the Jamaica Association of Composers, Authors and Publishers Limited of 21 Connolley Avenue, Kingston 4, Jamaica, and “you” means the above mentioned individual.

“Us”, “our”, “your” and “yourself” shall be construed accordingly;
(d) “transfer” means (depending on the context) assign or assignment; and
(e) “the rights” means, in respect of any musical work:-
(i) the performing right;
(ii) the broadcasting right;
(iii) the synchronisation right;
(iv) cable transmission right.
2. The Transfer
(a) Upon signing this Agreement you transfer to us absolutely for all parts of the world the rights which belong to you or which you may acquire or own while you remain our member.
(b) the transfer mentioned in clause 2 (a) shall last for as long as you remain our member and for any additional period which is specified in our Articles
3. Our Obligations
We will:-
(c) use our best endeavours to administer the rights in accordance with our published service standards (in our Articles); (d) use our best endeavours to pay you any royalties or other compensation due to you based on our Articles; (e) use our best endeavours to license on the best achievable terms as many users of the rights practicable (taking into account business con straints, our resources and the interests of our members as a whole);
(f) maintain a complaints procedure which you can use if you are not happy with the way in which we apply our Articles or policies. If that complaints procedure has been exhausted and you are still not satisfied, you will have access to an Extraordinary General Meeting; (g) treat information about your royalty earnings as confidential, subject to any practical or legal obligation to disclose such information to any authority or person with the legal power to compel such disclosure;
(h) return to you all or part of the rights in so far as this is permitted by our Articles;
(i) maintain a suspension of royalties procedure which we will apply to you if there is a dispute involving the rights; and (j) give you upon request details of the above mentioned procedures as soon as practicable after you have requested such details.
4. Your Obligation
You:-
(a) warrant and represent that you own or have full power to transfer the rights and that the musical works (the rights in which you have transferred to us under this Agreement) do not and will not infringe the copyright in any other musical work; (b) accept that you are bound by our Articles; and
(c) promise to:-
i) indemnify us and keep us at all times fully indemnified from and against all proceedings, claims, demands, costs, expenses, awards and damages arising directly or indirectly in respect of the rights which you have transferred (or have purported to transfer) to us under this Agreement;
ii) give us such documents as we may reasonably require to enforce the rights;
iii) do all such acts as are necessary to vest in us to enforce all or parts of the rights;
iv) insert in each relevant contract you make with a third party a clause expressly reserving us the rights and to make such con tract subject to this Agreement;
v) refrain from licensing any of the rights and from otherwise dealing with the rights;
vi) avoid doing anything which is likely to prejudice our ability to meet our obligations to you and to our other members; and vii) pay any reasonable charges imposed by us for special services.