Contribution record
What you will make
Create one record for each person contributing to your practice project. Use fictional details for the course. Keep a separate record when a person's role, asset or terms change. This worksheet records proposed terms and evidence; it is not a signed agreement, a license or a transfer of ownership.
Complete the record
- Download the Markdown source at the bottom of this page and open it in a text editor, or copy the blank template below into your project notes.
- Replace each bracketed field. Write unresolved when you do not know; write not applicable only with a reason. Do not treat a proposal as agreement.
- Connect the proposed fee to your budget, ownership questions to the split sheet, and intended uses to the rights envelope.
- Save it in your project package as
contribution-[fictional-name]-v1. - Review the record with the contributor before using actual work. Keep real names, contact details, agreements and approval evidence in private records.
Blank template — copy and complete
Project / track: [title]
Record version and date: [version; date]
Contributor / professional credit: [fictional name for practice]
Role and deliverables: [what this person will make; file/version]
Contribution date or milestone: [when]
Pre-existing or newly created: [describe]
Human-created elements: [describe]
AI tools and generated/transformed elements: [describe; none; or unresolved]
Source assets and provenance: [origin; evidence reference; unresolved questions]
Composition ownership: [proposed share; agreed evidence; or unresolved]
Master ownership: [separate proposed share; evidence; or unresolved]
Publishing administration / revenue participation: [separate from ownership]
Performer / producer credit wording: [proposed wording]
Fee and payment dates: [amount/currency; deposit/balance; status]
Scope changes / revisions: [included work; how extra work is approved]
Permitted uses: [specific purpose; territory; term; proposal/agreement status]
Excluded uses: [what has not been permitted]
Voice / likeness / AI-training permission: [separate status for each]
Cancellation / exit / expiration: [proposed terms; review required]
Approval evidence location: [private reference; none yet]
Contributor confirmation: [pending; or actual dated evidence reference]
Open questions and next action: [question; responsible person; next step]
Fictional example — The Last Bus Home
This example uses the existing capstone. All people and fees below are fictional; all terms are proposals, not agreed rights or payments.
| Field | Completed practice example |
|---|---|
| Project / version | The Last Bus Home, track A; PF record v1 |
| Contributor / role | PF, performer; record one original vocal take and one agreed revision |
| Timing | Fictional week 1; recording date unresolved |
| Origin / AI | New human vocal; no AI generation proposed; contributor origin declaration pending |
| Source evidence | SOURCE-PF, pending; do not infer originality from delivery |
| Composition | Unresolved: performance alone does not establish songwriting contribution |
| Master | Proposed PF 25%; actual agreement pending; record full ownership totals in split sheet |
| Publishing / participation | Unresolved; do not add another ownership pool |
| Credit | Proposed “Performed by PF”; spelling and naming permission pending |
| Payment | Estimated $700; proposed $350 before recording and $350 on agreed acceptance; not paid |
| Scope changes | One revision proposed; quote and approve additional work before starting it |
| Uses | Proposed private pilot evaluation only; term/territory unresolved |
| Exclusions | No public release, sublicensing, synthetic voice or model training permitted by this worksheet |
| Voice / likeness | Voice within proposed pilot only, subject to agreement; likeness unresolved |
| Exit | Cancellation payment and unused-take handling unresolved; discuss before booking |
| Evidence / confirmation | CR-PF private draft reference; no signature or permission obtained |
| Next action | Producer and PF discuss fee, acceptance, intended uses and exit; obtain appropriate professional review |
Check your work and continue
Done for this exercise means every field contains an answer or a clearly labelled unresolved question; proposed fees match the budget; the split sheet distinguishes composition from master ownership; and the rights envelope matches intended uses. Do not mark a real contribution approved without evidence.
Continue with the split sheet, rights envelope and assessment rubric. Bring unresolved questions to qualified help before a rights-dependent action. A completed worksheet alone does not authorize use of someone's work.
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