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Royalty Leak Checker
Ten yes/no questions that diagnose your catalog's metadata and collection infrastructure. Find out exactly which failure points are costing you royalties — and how urgent the problem is.
Ten yes/no questions. Two minutes. You will see exactly which metadata and collection failures are costing you royalties — and a severity rating that tells you how urgent the problem is.
10 questions
One per screen
~2 minutes
Takes ten questions
Personal report
Emailed to you
Managing a catalogue, not just your own releases?
A single tool checks one thing. Code Group Music audits an entire catalogue for labels, publishers, estates, and acquirers - every registration gap, every leaking royalty source, in one free scan.
What is a royalty leak?
A royalty leak is any gap in your metadata, registration, or collection infrastructure that causes earned income to go unmatched or uncollected. Unlike unpaid invoices, leaks are invisible — you will not receive a notification that £600 of PRS performance royalties went into the unmatched pool because your ISRC was not embedded. The money just disappears into a fund you may never be able to claim.
The 10 failure modes this tool checks
- ISRC embedding — codes assigned but not embedded in audio files cause unmatched streams (see our guide to how ISRC codes control your royalties)
- ISWC registration — compositions without ISWCs cannot receive publishing royalties internationally (what an ISWC code is)
- DSP metadata consistency — mismatched spelling creates ghost artist profiles that split your streams (fixing metadata errors on Spotify)
- Songwriter split registration — unregistered co-writer shares go uncollected by the PRO (registering songs with PRS)
- UPC coverage — missing release-level codes break platform reporting
- Artist profile claiming — unclaimed profiles lose editorial pitch access and fan analytics
- MusicBrainz listing — unlisted catalogs are invisible to metadata-dependent identification systems
- Duplicate distributor entries — ghost copies of releases accumulate royalties you cannot access
- CCLI registration — worship music performed in churches generates royalties only if you are registered (what CCLI is)
- Master asset folders — incomplete assets slow corrections and close off sync opportunities
How is this different from the Royalty Gap Estimator?
The Royalty Gap Estimator answers the question “how much am I missing?” — it calculates an annual £ estimate across six collection-society income sources based on your catalog size and reach.
This tool answers “where is my catalog broken?” — it diagnoses the specific infrastructure failures behind those gaps. Use both together for the full picture.
Found leaks you would rather not fix yourself? Our metadata administration service repairs these failure modes across your whole catalog, or start with a free catalog assessment to see which ones are costing you the most.