Observed arrival · 2026-08-30
Legato, the royalty hunt for musicians’ estates
Legato helps families of deceased independent musicians locate unpaid royalties and file claims across music-rights organizations and state funds.
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The service presents royalty recovery as an estate-administration workflow rather than a conventional legal consultation. Its example follows 24 songs through unmatched mechanical royalties, an unregistered SoundExchange account, a frozen BMI account, Tennessee unclaimed property, and a possible CD Baby balance, producing an estimated $5,600–$7,100 recovery. The page says its fee is contingent on recovery and separates music-organization fees from state-fund finder-fee caps.
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