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split sheet template

Keep the split sheet everyone actually signed.

Split sheet template — Keep the split sheet everyone actually signed. Keep the original signed split sheet and each later agreed version.

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Your free split sheet record worksheet.

A worksheet, not an official form; use your regulator's / carrier's / insurer's own form where one is required.

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  • Split sheet reference
  • Signed-copy reference
  • Rights-organization record reference

Check your regulator's own form. The printable version lists the source behind every field. CSV versions have an instruction row above the headings.

Then date your filled-in copy.

Keep the completed copy and its source records. A time receipt dates those exact bytes; it does not establish that an entry is true or accepted. Save a new copy after each signed version.

Your record, one step at a time.

Your photos and files stay on your device, so keep them.

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A worksheet, not an official form; use your regulator's / carrier's / insurer's own form where one is required.

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    Add the exact original files for this part of the record. Keep them unchanged; a different export or edit has a different fingerprint.

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    The link is recorded, not fetched or verified.

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      Record the date, time, place and who you spoke to. New notes are saved separately rather than editing an old note.

      How to keep notes that hold up
      Write it down

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        How to keep notes that hold up

        Write notes as soon as you can. Keep the original account rather than replacing it later; the venue decides what weight it gets.

        1. Write it down straight away, on paper or in the box on a step.
        2. Put the date, time and place at the top, and who you spoke to.
        3. Use their words where you can; separate what you saw from what you were told.
        4. Sign or initial a paper note, photograph it and add the photo.
        5. Never edit an old note. Add a new dated entry when something changes. A device save time is not independent time evidence or proof of event order.
        Signed split sheet
        Signed split sheet

        01 · Keep the exact files

        Keep the original signed split sheet and each later agreed version.

        Records to keep: Split sheet

        Signed split sheet

        02 · Date the file’s code

        Your device fingerprints the selected file or manifest. Dated follows an independent timestamp; Permanent follows Bitcoin anchoring.

        An independent time, tied to the exact bytes.

        Signed split sheet

        03 · Keep the evidence

        Use the relevant rights organization’s own registration and agreement process. A worksheet is not a copyright transfer.

        Keep the originals too. A changed or compressed copy has a different fingerprint.

        Try a file. It stays here.

        Make a test receipt on this device.

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        Real cases: why the saved copy matters.

        Real cases where dated records mattered. We don’t claim a time receipt would have changed the result.

        US, S.D. Florida · 2019

        Keep song share and rights deals together

        Writers disputed who owned a song and in what shares, with no songwriting deal and later papers in dispute. The court left key work and rights-transfer questions for trial. The people claiming ownership still had to prove it and their shares.

        Interim ruling; no final ownership allocation in the supplied account.

        Summarized on Oct 29, 2026

        Read the decision ›

        Related cases

        US, 2d Circuit · 1998

        Agree who shares authorship while making the work

        Related: joint authorship of a musical

        A writer helped make a musical and claimed joint rights, but there was no deal setting shared rights. The main writer had always claimed sole authorship, and the appeal court rejected the joint claim. It left the helper's rights in her own work undecided.

        Summarized on Oct 29, 2026

        Read the decision ›
        US, 1st Circuit · 2014

        Raise the full music rights claim before appeal

        Related: how song rights claims were raised

        Producers sought joint song rights and royalties in a case against a label. The appeal court kept the label's win because key arguments had not been properly raised in the first court. It did not decide whether those new arguments were right.

        Summarized on Oct 29, 2026

        Read the decision ›

        What courts, schemes and regulators say.

        Positions below refer to the cited rule or record type, not endorsement of Timevolt. This service is not represented as an eIDAS qualified timestamp provider. A non-qualified timestamp does not receive the qualified timestamp presumption.

        Needs something else · US federal

        Copyright law, transfers of ownership

        17 U.S.C. 204(a): a transfer of copyright ownership is not valid unless in a writing signed by the owner or the owner's authorized agent.

        A signature on the split sheet matters; a time receipt only dates the file and does not replace the signed writing. Copyright Office also says mailing yourself a copy has no legal basis.

        Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.

        Read the source
        Needs something else · US federal

        U.S. Copyright Office

        FAQ: mailing a copy of your work to yourself (poor man's copyright) has no basis in copyright law and is not a substitute for registration.

        Registration is the official route; a time receipt is independent dating of a file, not registration.

        Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.

        Read the source
        Needs something else · Germany

        GEMA (collecting society)

        States the split sheet is not suitable for submission to GEMA and is only for individual documentation.

        GEMA uses its own registration; the sheet and a receipt on it serve as your own records.

        Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.

        Read the source
        Silent · Industry

        Songtrust guidance

        Says a signed split sheet serves as proof of ownership for your PRO or publisher and becomes binding when all parties sign.

        Says nothing on dated or digital records beyond signatures; not a primary rule.

        Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.

        Read the source

        Other ways to do this

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          Provides One-page split-sheet format with writer and recording sections, signatures, dates and copies for collaborators.

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        Proves / Doesn’t prove

        Proves

        A completed time receipt shows that the exact selected file existed by the independently witnessed time. You can check whether a later copy has the same bytes. It does not establish creation time, authorship, identity, event order, location or the truth of the contents.

        Doesn’t prove

        It does not prove who signed, that the percentages are what the writers agreed, who actually wrote what, or that the sheet transfers any copyright; a court, PRO or publisher decides what it accepts.

        This cannot establish signatures, agreed shares, authorship, ownership or a valid rights transfer.

        These are the bounds of a completed proof. The local tester does not establish any time. The chosen court, scheme or regulator decides what to accept.

        Questions, answered plainly.

        Your file stays on your device. During normal receipt creation, your device sends a randomized code made from its fingerprint, plus encrypted recovery data. It doesn't send the plain fingerprint or the random value that opens the code. Keep the original file and the complete receipt for checking. Privacy Policy.

        What is a split sheet?

        A one-page record of who wrote a song and what percentage each person owns. Shares normally total 100 percent.

        Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.

        Context for this answer
        Is a split sheet legally binding?

        Songtrust says it becomes binding once all parties sign. US law requires a signed writing to transfer copyright ownership. Whether yours holds up is for a lawyer or court to say.

        Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.

        Context for this answer
        When should we fill it out?

        Before the song is released or used commercially, ideally in the session where it was written, while everyone remembers who did what.

        Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.

        Context for this answer
        What does a time receipt add to a signed split sheet?

        It dates the exact file you fingerprint. If someone later shows a sheet with different percentages, you can show yours existed unchanged by the receipt date.

        Can I send the split sheet to my PRO or society with a time receipt?

        Not as a replacement. GEMA says its split sheet is not for submission; PROs have their own registration. Keep the receipt as your own record.

        Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.

        Context for this answer
        Is mailing myself a copy enough proof?

        The US Copyright Office says this has no basis in copyright law and is not a substitute for registration.

        Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.

        Context for this answer
        Does Timevolt see my song or contract?

        No. Only a fingerprint of the file is made on your device; the file is not uploaded.

        What if we never signed one and the song is already out?

        Sign and date one now, then get a receipt for it. It shows that the exact signed-copy file existed by the receipt time; it does not establish when an agreement was reached or signed; courts have asked writers to prove ownership shares without one.

        Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.

        Context for this answer

        The file tester runs on your device. It does not issue a timestamp or take a payment.

        Keep the records you already have.

        Keep your original files and any existing official records while the receipt service is being prepared.