The music industry is made up of two primary rights holders: record companies and music publishers. This seminar focuses on the latter, the poorly understood stepsister to the front and center record companies, and dissects the business of songwriting in the digital era. Areas covered include the origins of copyright and copyright legislation, performing rights/PROs, mechanical Licensing/CMOs, publishing deals and agreements, synchronization, digital media, song catalog evaluation, and the role of the creative songwriter and music publisher.