Services

Careful administration, from registration to royalty.

Four connected services for maintaining work records, reviewing royalty activity, and addressing administrative issues.

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Works Registration

Preparation and submission of client-owned musical works with entitled party details to PROs, and disputing fraudulent claims.

Complete registrations connect a work to its writers, publishers, ownership shares, and identifying codes. Missing or conflicting information can interfere with royalty matching and distribution.

Stabrook reviews the source information, prepares each submission, and follows through on corrections when society records need attention.

New work and catalog registrations
Writer, publisher, and share verification
ISWC, IPI, and identifier alignment
Correction of incomplete or conflicting records

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Catalog Administration

Ongoing maintenance of work records, ownership information, tracking of payment eligibility and other uses.

Work records change as new works and versions are added and as performing rights organizations revise their systems.

Stabrook maintains registrations and supporting documentation so catalog information remains organized, current, and consistent, and tracks each work's payment eligibility.

Ongoing work record management
Registration and catalog detail updates
Tracking payment eligibility
Organized, retrievable catalog documentation

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Royalty Review & Distribution

Analysis of royalty statements to identify discrepancies, unpaid uses and other items requiring follow up. Distribute client-tailored performance detailed statements.

Royalty statements contain large volumes of work, performance, and payment data. Incorrect splits, unmatched works, and improper claims can affect a distribution.

Stabrook analyzes each statement, documents its findings, and identifies matters to raise with the appropriate organization.

Statement-by-statement analysis
Identification of discrepancies
Identification of fraudulent or improper claims
Documentation for follow-up

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Rights & Royalty Support

Client music usage to supporting reporting activities and make royalty claims to PROs as well as act as client resource.

Questions about registrations, statements, and PRO processes often require both catalog context and familiarity with publishing systems.

Stabrook explains the relevant records and royalty activity, organizes the documentation, and assists with PRO correspondence and next steps.

Practical guidance on publishing administration
Help understanding performance royalties
Support with PRO correspondence
Straight answers, without the jargon

Understanding performing rights

What a performing rights organization does, and why registration matters.

ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC are U.S. performing rights organizations (PROs). They license public performances and distribute performance royalties to the writers and publishers associated with registered works.

ASCAP

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

BMI

Broadcast Music, Inc.

SESAC

U.S. performing rights organization

When music is performed publicly—on radio, on television, in a venue, on a streaming service, or in a commercial—the relevant usage data must be matched to the work and the writers and publishers on record.

Missing registrations, incorrect ownership shares, or conflicting entries can result in unmatched usage or delayed distributions. Complete, current records give a PRO the information it needs to associate royalty activity with the correct parties.

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