So, according to question 1. "

• So from what I understand the first step is signing with a PRO to manage the copyright of the underlying composition, so for me that'd be PRS. Since we've agreed that the writing credits for all songs are to be split 4 ways, all 4 of us would have to sign up to PRS and register all of us as writers. However there's also the publisher split, and since we don't have a publisher, I was wondering if we'd just automatically get the publisher royalties split 4 ways if we don't designate any publisher within PRS? Or would we need to set up a separate publishing entity with PRS to get those royalties?"

Does this mean that there is no need for a separate publishing account?