Beat Box guides licence deals from the first idea to the control of the royalty statement — and secures revenue for rights holders worldwide that would otherwise quietly expire. Across 46 collecting societies. Since 2008.
Two Pillars
Most people know us as neighbouring rights specialists. That is one half. The other: we build licence models from the ground up — wherever a brand, a work or a body of content exists but no business has been made of it yet. Music is where we come from, not where we stop.
From the first idea through finding suitable licensees to running the contract negotiations in full — and afterwards to monitoring the royalty statements. In food, books, games or show concepts.
Licence business →Finding, registering and enforcing uncollected phonogram and producer shares across 46 societies. Plus royalty audits, royalty statement preparation and catalogue valuation. Success-based, up to six years retroactive.
Rights recovery →In Practice
A catalogue, a trademark, a body of knowledge — the mechanics are identical: clear the right, build the model, secure the partner, account for the revenue. Two examples from outside the music business, shown without naming the parties.
An established brand whose use was limited to a single channel. We reviewed the trademark and rights position, structured the licence model with a manufacturing partner, defined royalty and territory terms, set up contracts and costing, and prepared access to the wholesale trade. The result: recurring licence income without the brand owner having to manufacture anything.
Expertise only becomes exploitable once it has a format that can be licensed — for instance a closed edition of a fixed number of knowledge cards. We define structure and scope, clear the rights in text and design, and design the licence model for publishing and distribution partners: print runs, follow-up editions, language and territory rights, fee and royalty structure.
Not a single note of music in either project — and both follow the same logic as a music catalogue.
How It Works
We look at what exists: rights, brand, catalogue, content. Within 5–10 days you know where the revenue sits and which model carries it. At no cost.
Licence model, territories, royalty structure, registrations. For existing rights: filing with every relevant society.
Disputes and claims against societies and payers; on the licensing side, finding partners, negotiating and closing the contract.
Checking statements, supplementary filings, one consolidated quarterly report across all markets. One point of contact.
A mandate, never a transfer of rights. Beat Box acts on your behalf towards societies and partners. The rights stay where they are — and the registrations follow you out if you end the mandate.
Network
Instead of individual memberships at 46 societies: one mandate, all markets at once. Added to that, our partnership with Radiomonitor — the world's leading radio airplay tracking platform, active in over 120 countries — puts airplay data and rights expertise in the same hands.
First Conversation
A brand, a catalogue, a work or an idea — the first assessment costs nothing. We will tell you honestly whether a licence model pays off, or where revenue is going missing.