Services
From the first gap analysis to the last unclaimed euro — a complete suite of rights recovery, audit and valuation services.
Service 01
Neighbouring rights arise the moment a recording is played publicly — on radio, streaming, in retail, in hotels. Unlike mechanical royalties, they flow directly to the master owner and the performing artist — not the songwriter.
World-record producer: A producer with 26 Billboard Hot 100 #1 hits — a Guinness World Record — five Grammy Awards and over 140 million album sales worldwide. At a single European collecting society, in a single territory: a five-figure sum sitting uncollected for years. Not negligence. The master side is almost never proactively managed.
Forgotten heritage producer: A studio producer involved in a handful of chart productions in the 1980s — long out of the active business, largely off the radar. Those recordings are still being played. Distributions from Norway, Belgium, Switzerland and Austria: five to six figures, sitting untouched in collecting society accounts. We recovered them.
We identify which collecting societies have registrations on file, what ownership percentages are recorded, and which ISRC registrations are missing or incorrectly mapped.
No chargeWe submit the correctly formatted catalog to all relevant societies simultaneously — SENA, GVL, PPL, SIMIM, SoundExchange, SWISSPERFORM, LSG and 40+ more. Correct ISRC-to-ownership mapping from day one.
Where another party — including major labels continuing to collect on expired agreements — has incorrectly registered, we initiate formal dispute procedures on your behalf.
All society correspondence, distribution monitoring and reporting consolidated into a single quarterly statement.
The Two Rights Layers
Neighbouring Rights
Master owner + Performer · ISRC-based · GVL, PPL, SENA, SoundExchange + 43 more
Copyright / Publishing Rights
Composer + Publisher · ISWC-based · GEMA, ASCAP, BMI, PRS, SACEM and more
We operate across both layers — rare in this industry.
Based on Beat Box GmbH audit engagements across European collecting societies.
| What We Check | Standard Audit | Beat Box Audit |
|---|---|---|
| Collecting society statements | Yes | Yes |
| ISRC-to-ownership mapping | Rarely | Yes |
| Territory-by-territory breakdown | Rarely | Yes |
| Wrongful claimant identification | No | Yes |
| Retroactive recovery filing | No | Yes |
Service 02
A royalty audit is not just checking that numbers add up. It's verifying that the right party received the right amount — across the right territories, for the right periods. We cross-reference ISRC data, ownership percentages, broadcast and streaming reports, and society-specific calculation methodologies.
Statements, contracts, ISRC registrations and historical payment records — we build the full picture before touching a single number.
Payments are mapped against what should have been paid — per territory, per period, per society. Discrepancies documented with evidence.
You receive a written audit report quantifying the gap — suitable for use in legal proceedings or label negotiations.
Where underpayments are confirmed, we proceed with formal claims against the collecting society or label.
Service 03
Every engagement starts here. We map your catalog against our database of unclaimed registrations across 47 collecting societies. The report shows exactly where money is sitting uncollected — and a realistic estimate of recovery potential. At zero cost.
Artist name, track list, key ISRCs if available. We work with what you have — even incomplete data is a starting point.
Within 5–10 business days: a written gap report identifying which societies have no registration, where conflicts exist, and an estimated recovery range.
If the numbers make sense, we proceed on a success basis. If not, you keep the report — zero cost, zero obligation.
Ready to see what your catalog is missing?
10 minutes on your end. Zero cost. Zero obligation.
Service 04
Starting today means leaving years of accumulated royalties untouched. Most EU collecting societies hold undistributed funds for 3–6 years before reallocation. We act within these windows.
Where a major label continues collecting on rights they no longer hold, we initiate formal dispute and clawback procedures. Our founder spent 8 years on the board of GVL — we know how these processes work from the inside.
Major labels routinely continue collecting on catalogues they've licensed or transferred. This is one of the most common — and least discussed — sources of wrongful collection in the industry.
We determine applicable limitation periods per society and territory.
Ownership history, assignment agreements, original contracts and ISRC registration timelines compiled into a dispute package.
Claims submitted to relevant societies. Legal escalation support where needed.
Limitation Periods — Key Markets
Periods are indicative. Legal advice recommended for specific cases.
Service 05
Our primary focus is neighbouring rights, but we operate across both layers. For compositions where publishing income is underperforming — or where GEMA, ASCAP or BMI statements don't match usage data — we conduct focused copyright audits in cooperation with established music lawyers.
Paid to master owners and featured performers when a recording is broadcast or streamed. ISRC-based. Beat Box's core expertise.
Paid to composers, lyricists and publishers for use of the underlying song. ISWC-based. We audit, advise and work with specialist partners.
Service 06
A catalog is only worth what a buyer can verify. Gaps in ISRC registration, unclear ownership splits and unresolved society conflicts don't just reduce value — they kill deals. We prepare the rights data so the catalog is buyer-ready.
Full ISRC inventory, ownership documentation, society registration status, income history per territory — packaged into a clean data room.
We assess both copyright value (publishing multiples of NPS) and neighbouring rights income streams separately — then provide a combined catalog value range.
We sit alongside sellers and buyers during negotiation, answering technical rights questions and flagging structural issues before they become problems.
Catalogs with professionally prepared rights data vs. undocumented catalogs — probability of closing within 60 days:
+87%
higher likelihood of closing within 60 days with our data preparation (based on our own deal experience)
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Tell us about your catalog. We respond within 2 business days — at no cost and no obligation.
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