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CWR error: The song's shares don't add up to 100%
What it means
All the ownership slices of a song must add up to 100% for each right type. Here they don't — either someone is counted twice, a share is too big, or a co-writer's slice is missing. Societies won't know who to pay what.
How to fix it
List every writer's and publisher's share for this song and make each right type total exactly 100%.
Find it in your file
Upload your CWR file and CWR Check points at every line where this happens, along with the rest of the format, song and writer checks. Free, and nothing you upload is stored.
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