As such, the post solicits that other publishing companies who are interested in the catalog should email, indicating that Warner-Chappell's contract will not be renewed.

Bands commonly rely on their music publishing companies to license songs for use in commercials, films, TV, compilations, web series and other similar ventures on their behalf. They also do all the paperwork, registering copyrights on new material, filing performance and mechanical copyrights to collect royalties from societies like ASCAP or BMI and auditing record label bookkeeping to collect unpaid royalties for song use.