Screenrights pays royalties to the person or entity that owns or holds the relevant copyright in your artistic work, specifically the right to copy, communicate and retransmit your artistic work from a television broadcast.
Generally, the creator of an artistic work owns the relevant copyright in the work. However, under Australian and New Zealand law, rights are transferable. The original artist can enter into a contract under which copyright is transferred to another party. You should check your contracts in relation to your artistic works. In most cases it will be clear from the contracts if you can claim any or all of the royalties – if not, we recommend that you seek legal advice.
If you sell the artistic work you have created, you will still own copyright in relation to the work unless your contracts state otherwise.