Music metadata is garbage

We rely on infrastructure that was never meant to scale. Bad actors are taking advantage.

Fraud

This is a sample. For more, email: fraud@meddling.co

People getting paid for songs they did not write. Some are mismatched or pkas, most are fraud.

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Fake Artists

This is a sample. For more, email: fraud@meddling.co

People claiming to be more than 10 artists. Some widely covered writers, some fraudsters, most are fake artists.

Incomplete

This is a sample. For more, email: fraud@meddling.co

Songs not getting paid because shares are not 100%. MLC website has some at 100% but data feed does not.

Disputed

This is a sample. For more, email: fraud@meddling.co

Songs where earnings are being held due to shares being in dispute.

Unmatched

This is a sample. For more, email: fraud@meddling.co

Recordings that do not match any songs. All of this money is going into the Black Box.