Questions songwriters ask us.

Yes, permanently. We administer the rights without ever owning them. You continue to hold 100% of your compositions.

No — most independent artists leave this gap unfilled. DistroKid, TuneCore, and CD Baby distribute earnings from your recordings. The underlying compositions — the songs themselves — generate different royalties through collection societies around the world, which distributors leave untouched. Found Royalties collects those funds.

Yes. Your label agreement applies to recordings, while publishing applies to the songs beneath them; the two contracts are separate. Found Royalties takes no stake in master recording income from past or future releases. An existing publishing deal is the actual conflict: don't submit a song committed to another publisher or administrator while their term remains active, because both parties would register the same society share. This applies per song, not across the board — you're free to register the remaining catalog.

Yes, and keep that membership as your foundation. A PRO pays the writer's share of performance royalties, which covers one stream in one capacity. Found Royalties works on the publisher side by registering every song with societies around the world, then collecting mechanical, digital, and international royalties that PRO membership by itself can't reach.

We collect performance royalties from your PRO and collection societies worldwide; mechanicals from each territory's mechanical rights societies; SoundExchange digital performance royalties (optional, for recordings you own); and sync fees when someone licenses your music. The world's 225+ collection societies use reciprocal agreements to extend this coverage across 240+ countries and territories.

In many cases, yes. Royalties from unregistered songs accumulate unclaimed inside collection societies, but only for a limited period — generally two to three years, depending on the society — before disappearing permanently. Once your catalog is registered, we can recover whatever remains. Royalty Radar estimates precisely that: the existing amount owed to your catalog.

Payments are quarterly, with dashboard statements and withdrawals through bank transfer (ACH) or PayPal after your balance hits $25. Here's the honest limitation: societies run 6–12 months behind, making the first payment likely 9–12 months after registration. That delay applies throughout the industry — one reason to register early.

Yes. There are no penalties or lock-in; just provide 30 days' written notice. Email hello@foundroyalties.com using your account email, and we'll acknowledge it. When you switch administrators, we'll transfer or release society registrations within 30 days after your instruction, including any letter-of-relinquishment documents required by the new publisher. For 12 months following the agreement's end, we continue collecting royalties earned during your term. Within 60 days after that period closes, you'll get the final statement and full balance due.

After signup, add each song through your dashboard in moments, frequently just seconds. We check every detail and file the work with the proper performance and mechanical societies across all paying territories. Your dashboard follows each submission — clearly showing completed, pending, and outstanding registrations. For priority artists in the invitation-only Blueprint tier, we identify and assemble the whole catalog.

Yes. Performance and mechanical societies around the world generate song royalties beyond the US, and your location doesn't limit where we register or collect.

We work straight with the society to amend its current registration. Submitting another copy instead would create the very conflicts and delays we're avoiding.

You and the other writers must settle it. We have no control over somebody else's share, so we register only the splits you've confirmed as correct. After agreement, we'll file the split and update its registration whenever it changes.

Yes, with your explicit written permission required beforehand. When the placement comes from you or your team, Found Royalties charges 20% to administer and collect it. When we find and pitch the opportunity for you, the rate is 35%. No license is granted until you approve it.

US taxpayers submit a standard W-9; everyone else uses a W-8BEN. You'll complete it once in the dashboard before withdrawing for the first time, allowing us to report earnings and pay you correctly. Any US business processing royalty payments asks for the same forms.

Traffic travels under encryption (HTTPS/TLS), passwords stay hashed instead of being saved in plaintext, and only authorized personnel with signed confidentiality obligations may access production data.

No minimum. From one song to a thousand — every release deserves full registration and a chance to earn.