MIRAT MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT

1. Purpose: By becoming a Mirat member, you authorise Mirat to administer your music rights in accordance with this Agreement and the Mirat Membership Rules. Mirat acts as your music rights administrator and representative in accordance with the rights you authorise us to manage.
2. Eligibility: Membership is available to creators and rights holders who satisfy Mirat’s eligibility requirements. To become a member you must: own or control the relevant rights; provide accurate information; successfully complete Mirat’s verification process;
accept this Agreement; comply with applicable copyright laws; meet Mirat’s published membership criteria. Mirat reserves the right to approve or refuse any application. Acceptance into Mirat does not guarantee acceptance by any copyright collection society, publisher, distributor, licensing partner, or royalty collection organisation with which Mirat works. Mirat may request additional information or documentation at any stage to verify eligibility, ownership or compliance with this Agreement.
3. Rights You Authorise Mirat to Administer: Subject to your selected services, you authorise Mirat to: register your musical works; register sound recordings; register ownership and rights information; manage publishing administration; manage neighbouring rights administration; administer digital distribution; submit registrations to collection societies and licensing partners; license your works where authorised;
collect royalties; receive payments on your behalf; distribute royalties to you after deductions; identify and recover unpaid royalties; protect and enforce your authorised rights where appropriate.
4. Your Responsibilities: You warrant that, to the best of your knowledge: Provide complete and accurate information; Notify Mirat of any changes to your details;
Ensure you own or control the rights you submit; Obtain permission from any co-writers or rights holders where required; Ensure submitted information is truthful; Avoid submitting fraudulent or misleading information; Comply with applicable copyright laws. You own or control the rights you authorise Mirat to administer; the information you provide is accurate and complete; your submissions do not knowingly infringe the rights of any third party; and you have obtained any necessary permissions from co-writers, performers, producers or other rights holders. You remain responsible for the accuracy of all information submitted.
5. Identity Verification: To protect members and royalty payments, Mirat may require identity verification before approving membership or processing payments. You may be asked to provide: government-issued identification; proof of address; banking verification; email verification; any additional documents reasonably required. Mirat may request updated verification where necessary. Mirat may suspend royalty payments until any requested verification has been successfully completed.
6. Registration of Works: You are responsible for submitting accurate information about your musical works and recordings. Mirat may request corrections or additional information before registration. Mirat may refuse to register works where ownership cannot be verified or where conflicting claims exist. Mirat may delay or refuse registration where submitted information is incomplete, inconsistent or reasonably believed to infringe the rights of another party.

Members must notify Mirat promptly if any work, recording, release, ownership, contributor or other metadata they have supplied is incorrect or incomplete. If a correction is requested after the work or recording has already been registered, delivered, released or published through a distributor, digital music service, collecting society or other third party, that third party may impose a correction, redelivery, replacement, takedown or similar charge. Mirat does not charge its own correction fee or add any markup. The Member is responsible only for the actual third-party charge where the correction is required because information supplied by the Member was incorrect or incomplete. Where reasonably practicable, Mirat will inform the Member of the charge before it is incurred. The Member is not responsible for a correction charge caused by an error made by Mirat.

7. Royalty Collection and Distribution: Mirat will use reasonable efforts to: register your works; collect royalties; identify royalties due; distribute royalties received. Royalty payments depend upon: successful registration; successful collection; verification of ownership; usage reporting; receipt of funds from licensing organisations. Mirat cannot guarantee that royalties will always be collected. Royalties will normally be paid according to Mirat’s published payment schedule once applicable deductions have been applied. 
8. Administrative Fees: Mirat deducts administration fees according to its published fee schedule. Applicable taxes, bank charges, third-party fees, and approved deductions may also apply where necessary. Fee changes will be communicated before taking effect. Any changes to Mirat’s published fee schedule will be communicated in advance and will not apply retrospectively.
9. International Administration: Where appropriate, Mirat may appoint or work with: copyright collection societies; neighbouring rights organisations; digital distributors; publishers; licensing agencies; royalty processing partners. Their rules and membership requirements may also apply. Acceptance by Mirat does not guarantee registration or acceptance by these organisations. Mirat is not responsible for decisions, delays or payment practices of third-party organisations.
10. AI-Generated Works: Works submitted through Mirat must comply with applicable international copyright law. Mirat administers only works for which sufficient human authorship and copyright ownership can be established. Works created entirely by artificial intelligence without meaningful human creative authorship are generally not eligible. Mirat may request additional evidence of human authorship where necessary.
11. Privacy and Data Protection: Mirat processes personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws and the Mirat Privacy Policy. Personal verification documents are used solely for identity verification and are securely deleted after successful verification unless Mirat is legally required to retain them. Mirat may share necessary information with authorised partners solely for rights administration, royalty collection, verification, licensing, and payment processing.
12. Confidentiality: Both parties agree to protect confidential information received through the membership relationship except where disclosure is required by law or for legitimate rights administration. 
13. Member Account (Mirat ID and IPI): Where available, members may access their account through the Mirat online portal. Members are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their login credentials and promptly reporting any unauthorised access. Members must notify Mirat immediately if they believe their account has been compromised.
14. Termination: You may terminate your membership by providing written notice, subject to any minimum administration periods and any existing licensing or registration obligations. Mirat may suspend or terminate membership where: false information has been provided; this Agreement has been materially breached; fraudulent activity is suspected; legal or regulatory requirements require termination. Termination does not affect royalties collected before termination or rights already licensed. Any outstanding administration, royalty collection or payment obligations that arose before termination will continue until completed.

15. Limitation of Liability: Mirat is not responsible for losses arising from: inaccurate information supplied by members; delays by third-party organisations;
force majeure events; technical failures beyond Mirat’s reasonable control. Nothing in this Agreement limits liability where prohibited by law. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Mirat shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential or loss of profits arising from the administration of your rights or the services provided under this Agreement. 
 
16. Force Majeure: Mirat shall not be liable for any delay or failure to perform its obligations where this results from events beyond its reasonable control, including natural disasters, war, terrorism, labour disputes, cyber incidents, governmental action, interruption of communications or failures of third-party systems.
17. Changes to this Agreement: Mirat may update this Agreement and its Membership Rules from time to time. Members will be notified of material changes before they take effect. Continued membership after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated Agreement.
18. Electronic Communications: Mirat may provide notices, policy updates and other communications electronically by email.
19. Governing Law: This Agreement is governed by the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute arising from this Agreement shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales, unless mandatory law provides otherwise.
20. Acceptance: By submitting a membership application or accepting this Agreement electronically, you confirm that you have read and understood this Agreement;
the information you provide is accurate;
you have authority over the rights you submit;
you agree to the Mirat Membership Rules, Privacy Policy, and Fee Schedule;
you authorise Mirat to administer the rights you have chosen.
you understand that acceptance by Mirat does not guarantee acceptance, registration or royalty collection by any third-party organisation.
21. Contact
Mirat Cultural Rights Limited. Email: join@mirat.co.uk
Official membership services, legal documents and member communications are provided through www.mirat.co.uk. We also use www.mirat.krd for promotional purposes. If you are dissatisfied with any aspect of Mirat’s services, please refer to our Complaints & Dispute Resolution Policy.