Unclaimed and Misdirected Performance Royalties Due to Registration and Affiliation Gaps

$1,500-$40,000 annually per artist (misdirected mechanical and performance streaming royalties) • $10,000-$200,000+ annually per manager (cumulative unclaimed royalties across managed roster) • $2,000-$50,000 annually per artist (unclaimed mechanical royalties from streaming)

Accountant sends audit requests to ASCAP/BMI/SESAC to reconstruct registration history, manually compiles list of missing registrations, contacts PRO to add works retroactively, attempts to claim black box royalties from prior years, documents discrepancies in spreadsheet • Artist maintains separate login credentials for each streaming platform, manually checks royalty reports quarterly to spot missing payments, sends emails to support asking why payment is delayed, creates comparison spreadsheet of expected vs actual royalties • Artist manually tracks streaming platform uploads, maintains separate spreadsheets of releases, contacts MLC and distributors via email to verify registration status, guesses at affiliate status