We would like to inform you that Eggs Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Shibasaki Eitaro; hereinafter “Eggs”) has updated its Copyright Management Application Service (hereinafter “This Service”) for Eggs Pass, which is developed to support the activities of individual artists. This simplifies the complex procedures that were previously necessary, making it possible to complete the procedures as soon as possible on the same day.
Eggs Pass URL https://eggspass.jp
■What is “Eggs Pass”
“Eggs Pass”is a music distribution service that allows artists to sell songs at music distribution stores in 170 countries around the world, including Apple Music, Spotify, and Recochoku. The registration and renewal fee is 0 yen, and you can also earn a copyright usage fee by applying for copyright management for the songs you are streaming. The copyright usage fee after deducting the fee will be returned to the author (lyricist/composer).
■Background of the update of “Copyright Management Application Service”
Since 2023, Eggs Pass has been intervening a contract through a music publisher (MCJP, Inc.) to register and manage information indicating the author of the music by a copyright management company (NexTone, Inc., etc.) through a music publisher (MCJP, Inc.) so that the author has the opportunity to receive revenue (※1).
The traditional procedure took more than 14 days from application to completion of the contract, and the applicant had to collect and manually enter the personal information of the author. As waiting time occurs before the contract is completed and the number of Colite songs (※2) has increased, the application has been causing the application to collect and share personal information from co-writers. Eggs has significantly updated its system to solve these issues.
*1 Presentation material: Eggs begins offering copyright management application service – Expands the scope of support for artist activities to copyright management –https://recochoku.jp/corporate/news/20231201-eggspass/
*2 Creative format in which multiple creators collaborate on creating songs
■ Overview of the “Copyright Management Application Service” update
1. Contracts can be centralized from the application (all procedures are completed as soon as possible on the same day)
This time, MCC Co., Ltd. grants Eggs’ rights to sign a copyright contract, allowing Eggs to centrally carry out the “application” and “contract” procedures. This will allow you to complete all procedures that took more than 14 days in the same day as soon as possible. It is now possible to prevent “forgotten contracts” and “not being sent to you due to changes in the information of the author.”
② System for ID linking for authors (Introducing “Eggs Pass ID” allows management without revealing personal information to applicants)
With this update, we have reviewed the general flow of copyright management applications. Until now, the applicant was required to manually enter the personal information of the author, but after the update, the author registers the “Eggs Pass ID” in advance and communicates the ID to the applicant, allowing the application to be completed without having to exchange personal information.
All system development for this update was carried out internally by Eggs.
Eggs Pass also provides total support for artist activities, including monetizing the use of music in videos, selling CDs, performing live performances, and promoting in the media.
Recently, artists’ opportunities for interaction with music through playlists and other services, such as video streaming services, opportunities to spread on social media, and live performances are increasing. At Eggs, we hope that by supporting artists who have missed out on the opportunity to monetize under these circumstances, we will be able to continue to focus on more creative activities and demonstrate their talents by supporting artists who have missed the opportunity to monetize.
In the future, Eggs will continue to promote the creator economy through multifaceted support, including supporting artists, mainly indie artists, and creating opportunities for live performances, and further contribute to the artists and the music industry.
■About Eggs Co., Ltd.
With the vision of “Encouraging as many as possible for artists and fans as possible,” Eggs is based on the mission of “Creating a future filled with diverse music,” and operates “Eggs,” one of Japan’s largest free indie music platforms, with over 30,000 artists, mainly indie groups and over 600,000 listeners registered.
In addition, we have begun offering a live platform called “GIGGS,” which collects information on live venues across the country and live performances that will be held there, and will work together with Eggs to contribute to the revitalization of the live scene.
We also deploy “Eggs Pass” as a monetization support function for individual artists and indie music-related companies, providing total support for artist activities, from distribution to major music distribution stores (DSPs) in Japan and abroad, monetizing the use of music in videos, mediating copyright management, and CD production to sales.
