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OSAThe Czech collecting society for copyright in musical works – it represents composers, lyricists and publishers.Author royaltiesMoney paid by a collecting society to authors and rights holders for the use of their works and recordings.Collective managementCollective exercise of copyright and related rights by a state-authorised organisation – it collects fees from music users and distributes them to rights holders.Copyright (US concept)The Anglo-American term for rights in a work. In distribution it mostly appears as the C-line (©) of a release.Cover versionYour own new recording of someone else's song. The original composer and lyricist remain the authors.IPI numberThe international identification number of an author or publisher in the collecting societies' system.ISWCThe international code of a musical work (song). It is assigned by an authors' collecting society, such as OSA.Mastering engineerThe engineer who turns a finished mix into the final master for distribution.Split sheetA written agreement between co-writers or collaborators on who owns what share of a song or recording.Spotify monetisation thresholdSpotify pays only for recordings that reached at least 1,000 streams in the last 12 months (and an undisclosed number of listeners).Work (composition)Music and lyrics as the result of the authors' creative work – regardless of who records them and how.Work registrationNotifying a collecting society of a song with its authors and their shares so it can pay remuneration.