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Agreements

Agreements capture the real-world contracts behind your music — label deals, publishing agreements, producer agreements, distribution deals, and side letters. Once an agreement is on the platform, you can link it to your songs and use it as the source of truth for ownership splits and revenue distribution rules.

What is an Agreement?​

An agreement represents a signed contract between two or more parties. On Worth, it holds:

  • The parties involved (label, artist, publisher, producer, etc.)
  • The songs the contract covers
  • The ownership percentages and revenue distribution rules extracted from the document
  • The original contract file for reference

Creating an Agreement​

From the Agreements page, click the + button in the top right.

You will be asked for:

  • Name — a short label for the agreement (e.g. "Sony Label Deal 2024")
  • Type — the kind of deal (Label Agreement, Publishing Agreement, Producer Agreement, Distribution Agreement, or Side Letter)
  • Organization — which of your organizations is managing this agreement

Optionally, you can upload the contract document or paste its text. If you provide the document, Worth will read it and automatically fill in the parties, dates, and key terms. You can review everything before saving.

An agreement can also be created without a document and filled in manually later.

The Agreement Document​

Each agreement supports one primary document file. The filename and a download link appear on the Main Details tab once a file has been uploaded.

If the terms of a deal change over time (for example, an amendment or side letter), create a new separate agreement of type Side Letter and link it to the same songs. This keeps each document's extracted rules clearly separate.

Tabs​

Once an agreement is created, it has several tabs:

Main Details​

Shows the agreement's name, type, status, effective date, expiry date, notes, and the primary document file. You can edit any of these fields directly.

Parties​

Lists everyone involved in the contract. When you upload a document, the parties are automatically extracted and listed here.

Linking parties to organizations: If Worth identified a party from your document but hasn't matched them to a Worth organization yet, you'll see a Link to Org action. Use this to connect the party name to the correct organization on Worth. This step is required before you can apply the agreement's rules to a song — the system needs to know which Worth organization each party corresponds to.

Inviting parties: If a party doesn't have a Worth account yet, you can send an email invitation directly from this tab. They'll receive an email with a link to accept. Once they accept, their organization is automatically linked to the party record and the managing organization is notified.

Songs​

Shows which songs this agreement covers. You can add or remove songs from this tab. You can also link agreements to songs from the song's own Agreements tab — both directions work.

Events​

Business events that mark important transitions in the life of a deal. Examples include:

  • Recoupment complete — an advance has been fully recouped
  • Option exercised — a contract option period has been picked up
  • Delivery accepted — a new album or single has been formally delivered and accepted
  • Term commenced / expired — a contract term starts or ends

Events are created with a pending status. When the real-world event actually occurs, an admin confirms it and sets the effective date. This can trigger a new time period on linked songs, changing the ownership and payment rules going forward. See the "Time Periods" section in the Song Registration guide for more on how time periods work.

Additional Info​

Shows the full structured output from the AI parsing, including ownership splits, payment rules, term windows, and any flagged ambiguities. This is the staging area for rules that haven't yet been applied to songs. Use this tab to review what the AI extracted and confirm it looks correct before applying.

Applying Rules to a Song​

After linking an agreement to a song, you can import its terms using the Apply rules action on the song's Agreements tab:

  1. Click the menu on the agreement row and select "Apply rules"
  2. A preview appears showing exactly what would be created:
    • Ownership records — who owns what percentage of recording and/or publishing rights
    • Payment rules — how revenue should be distributed (royalties, recoupment, deductions)
    • Time period — when these terms take effect
  3. Skipped items are listed separately — these are parties that couldn't be matched to a Worth organization. Link them on the agreement's Parties tab first, then re-apply.
  4. Confirm to create the records

Once applied, the agreement row shows an Applied badge, and the ownership and payment rules appear immediately on the song's Ownership and Payment Rules tabs.

Important: Rules from the same agreement can only be applied once per song. If the agreement terms change, you'll need to update the ownership and payment rules manually or create a new agreement (such as a Side Letter).

Deleting an Agreement​

You can delete an agreement from the Agreements list using the menu on any row. If the agreement is linked to songs, you'll see a warning before confirming — deleting it removes the association, but the songs themselves are not affected.