The $500 Ladder

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The playbook · Edition 046

The 63% tier: registering other people’s songs before the money is given away

The step-by-step playbook behind Unclaimed songwriter royalties are handed, by statute, to the songs already paid.

What is inside

  1. The one-page conclusion
  2. Phase A · Standing it up
  3. Phase B · The first client, and the twenty before them
  4. Phase C · The three clocks
  5. Fees and venues
  6. The rules that govern it
  7. The registration, end to end
  8. Records and the diligence pack
  9. Counterparties and dependencies
  10. Who is responsible for what
  11. Risk, gates and the long watch
  12. The pre-assessment, in full
  13. Cost, timeline and break-even
  14. Launch checklist and the 30/60/90
  15. Not yet verified
  16. Sources, with read dates