1. Purpose and status
This Rights Mandate records the rights and services that the member authorises Mirat Cultural Rights Limited (Mirat) to administer. Read it with the Mirat Membership Agreement, Membership Rules, Fee Schedule, Royalty Distribution Policy, and the selections made in the member’s application or member portal. If there is a conflict, the Membership Agreement prevails, followed by this Mandate, unless applicable law requires otherwise. The member retains ownership of all copyrights, recordings and performances. This Mandate grants only administrative and licensing authority; it does not transfer ownership to Mirat.
2. Appointment of Mirat
For each category selected below, the member appoints Mirat as the member’s non-exclusive administrator unless the application, a separate written schedule, or the Membership Agreement expressly states that the appointment is exclusive. Mirat may act directly or through collecting societies, rights organisations, publishers, distributors, neighbouring rights organisations, agents, and technology providers.
3. The rights and services authorised:
Publishing administration: Register musical works; administer composition and lyrics rights; license authorised uses; collect, match and distribute publishing royalties; submit claims and corrections; and communicate with relevant rights organisations.
Recording and digital distribution: Deliver authorised sound recordings to selected services; administer release and recording metadata; collect recording income; manage takedowns and corrections; and license master rights only within the authority granted by the master owner.
Performer and neighbouring rights: Register performer contributions and eligible recordings; submit claims; administer neighbouring rights; and collect and distribute performer or recording-rightsholder income through relevant organisations.
Direct licensing opportunities: Present or negotiate opportunities within the selected rights. Approval basis: Mirat may approve within agreed parameters. Member approval is required for each opportunity.
4. Territory, repertoire and term
The authority applies worldwide unless the member’s application or a written repertoire schedule states otherwise. It covers only works, recordings, performances, and shares that the member owns, controls, or is legally authorised to represent, and that the member submits to Mirat or authorises Mirat to obtain from an approved source. The Mandate begins when Mirat accepts the membership application and continues until varied or terminated in accordance with the Membership Agreement and Membership Rules. Ending the Mandate does not prevent Mirat from completing registrations, licences, claims, collections, adjustments or payments relating to the authorised period.
5. Member warranties and responsibilities
The member confirms that: the information, ownership shares, identities, credits and metadata supplied are accurate and complete; the member owns or controls the selected rights, or holds written authority from every relevant rightsholder; where a recording contains contributions by other performers, producers, labels, writers or publishers, all permissions needed for the selected service have been obtained; the repertoire does not knowingly infringe another person’s copyright, performer rights, privacy, contractual rights or other legal rights; any use of artificial intelligence has been disclosed where required and does not involve false authorship, impersonation or unauthorised protected material; and the member will promptly notify Mirat of disputes, duplicate registrations, changes in ownership, prior mandates, restrictions or conflicting agreements.
6. Mirat’s authority
The member authorises Mirat to: register and update repertoire, identities, contributors, ownership shares and payment information; submit claims, counterclaims, corrections and supporting evidence, and respond to matching enquiries; receive royalties and other income, deduct applicable administration fees, taxes, charges, refunds and adjustments, and pay the balance under the Royalty Distribution Policy; share necessary data and documents with service providers and rights organisations in accordance with the Privacy Policy; hold disputed or unmatched sums while ownership or payment information is verified; and take reasonable administrative steps to protect the selected rights, without being obliged to begin legal proceedings unless separately agreed in writing.
7. Limitations
Mirat does not guarantee that a third-party organisation will accept a registration or claim, that it can identify every use, or that it will collect royalties. Mirat is not authorised to transfer ownership, settle an ownership dispute, waive moral rights, approve adaptations, or begin litigation unless the member gives separate written authority and Mirat accepts it.
8. Conflicts, suspension and withdrawal
Mirat may delay or suspend a registration, licence or payment where authority, identity, ownership, contributor consent, sanctions compliance, fraud risk or payment information cannot reasonably be verified. Mirat will request relevant evidence and handle complaints or disputes in accordance with its Complaints and Dispute Resolution Policy. A member may request a change or withdrawal of authority under the Membership Agreement and Membership Rules. The change takes effect after any applicable notice period and subject to existing licences, third-party processing times and accrued rights and obligations.
9. Fees, data and communications
Mirat charges administration fees only on royalties or other income successfully collected, as stated in the current Fee Schedule. Part of Mirat’s administration fee is reinvested annually to support grants for Kurdish music creators. Personal data is processed under Mirat’s Privacy Policy. Notices about this Mandate should be sent to join@mirat.co.uk. Mirat may communicate via the member portal or the member’s verified email address on file.