Ownership
Who owns it now.
Masters, publishing and catalogue transactions, traced through filings rather than announcements. Ownership is checkable, so we check it and publish the chain instead of the adjective.
as_of 2026-08-11 · updated as each installment publishes · a dash means no published figure, not zero
What this beat covers
The catalogue transaction record
Who sold, who bought, what was included, and what the artist retained. Updated on event rather than on a schedule.
Independent, or just labelled that way
Ownership chains for artists described as independent, traced to whoever actually holds the rights.
Nothing published yet.
Free, and actually useful
The registration checklist that keeps your royalties out of the black box
Most unmatched royalties are a registration problem, and registration is the part an artist controls without a lawyer. This is the checklist: every place a work has to be registered, every field that causes a mismatch, and the order to do it in.
No list exists yet. It opens with the first study, and the checklist goes out to everyone waiting on day one.