Accurate rights attribution is not merely a legal obligation, it is the cornerstone of artistic integrity and the preservation of creative culture
Every day millions of copyright “protected” songs are being recreated, shared and distributed without knowledge or authorization.
Originals, covers, interpolations, remixes and other derivative works are being distributed without license into the worlds largest music services and royalties are being paid to the wrong parties.
Royalty Efficacy
METADATA INTEGRITY - Accurate metadata, including precise song/video information and credits, copyright ownership, and industry coding fosters reliable tracking and discoverability. Metadata is dynamic and requires a cadence of regular audits. Today, the best-practice approach is to fully map all individual assets, rights classes, and associated owners and administrators to one another within a single CRMS (Content and Rights Management System).
REGISTRATION OVERSIGHT - Many catalog owners and administrators register their catalog without a regular cadence of output and efficacy audits. The harsh reality of content ownership and royalty administration is that the first one to claim ownership of a portion or all of the content is the one that is considered the owner and gets paid. Rights registration must be swift, comprehensive, accurate, and ongoing.
Rights Assertion - Today, literally anyone can distribute music and video to the largest platforms throughout the world. Each time that happens, it creates a scenario where music or video copyrights are used without authorization and the content and royalties are claimed and collected by the uploader. Every label, publisher, film studio, artist, songwriter, or other creator must be proactively patroling for their catalog use, asserting their rights and collecting their royalties.
Catalog Enrichment - The end result of mining for unknown catalog use and distribution, claim and assertion of rights, and recovery of such rights and royalties is Catalog Enrichment. The new content, rights, and royalties are carefully added to the CRMS and registered globally for ongoing rights attribution and royalty collections.
LICENSE COMPLIANCE - Unauthorized and non-compliant use of music is rampant and at an all-time high. Independent labels and publishers are overwhelmed by the time and cost to perform proper oversight. RoyaltyAmp will not only monitor license compliance, we’ve partnered with companies that can quickly turn non-compliance into new license revenues.