Public Image — who wrote it?

ISWC T0104690085 Recorded by Public Image Ltd. and others✓ No disputed shares

Public Image was written by John Lydon, John Wardle, Keith Levene, James Walker. US mechanical royalties are collected by BMG Platinum Songs (50%), WC Music Corp. (50%).

Public Image Ltd.

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

2 collecting groups

Linked recordings

533

matched to this work

Share registered

100%

fully registered

Unclaimed

—

below 1% threshold

Who collects the mechanical royalties

US mechanical shares as registered at The MLC · each writer’s chain: writer → publisher → administrator.

BMG Platinum Songs 50%BMG Platinum Songs · 50%

WC Music Corp. 50%WC Music Corp. · 50%

BMG Platinum Songs 50% WC Music Corp. 50%

- BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
  BMG Platinum Songs · Sub-publisher
  50%
- WC Music Corp.
  WC Music Corp. · Admin
  25%
- WC Music Corp.
  WC Music Corp.
  25%
John LydonUnclaimed
IPI 00024585092 · Composer / Lyricist
No publisher collecting
James WalkerUnclaimed
IPI 01152339672 · Composer / Lyricist
No publisher collecting

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Shared · John Wardle & Keith Levene	—		—	50%
BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited	00576134244	BMG Platinum Songs	Sub-publisher	50%
▸Writer not listed	—		—	50%
WC Music Corp.	00392888203	WC Music Corp.	Admin	25%
WC Music Corp.	00392888203	WC Music Corp.		25%
John Lydon	00024585092	No publisher collecting	Composer / Lyricist	Unclaimed
James Walker	01152339672	No publisher collecting	Composer / Lyricist	Unclaimed

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