The clarity of royalties is an enormous issue. The majors say they are constructing transparency for artists. UMPG was the first. They have a site you can visit and see your royalties. The scam is, the royalties have already been sieved through the UMPG royalty accounting system. You’re not seeing what has been raped off the top.

Here’s a little more I know. UMPG copyrights all of its material whether sub-published or administered in its name worldwide. Ask the biggest writer or Company at UMPG to get their society information from SACEM or GEMA, they will be refused. If you have material in their catalog and you want to get your statement from the performance and mechanical societies you can’t. You are not the owner, UMPG is. NBC-Universal cannot get its royalty information from source. These people are disgusting.

I can give you so much info on publishing thievery you would spin.
_____ ______, _____ _______, _______ _________, all
thieves, I wish Eliot Spitzer hadn’t been caught fucking that chick. I was planning on going to him with this info.

_____ _______’s mantra is "always deduct $40,000 from a small writer or small publisher because that’s what it costs to start a lawsuit."

At UMPG it can take up to 31 months to get your royalties from Germany. All foreign royalties go back to their U.K. office first, the fee is deducted and the royalties are held for the next pay period plus 60 or 90 days. Then they are sent to the U.S. where they are held another 60 or 90 days after the next payment period is due.