How can I recover stolen music royalties and regain access to my email?
Dolan Williams
LawyerOk here is how I understand this: It sounds like you're facing two separate but related issues: missing royalty payments and hacked email accounts. The missing royalties might be due to your communication lines being cut off (from the email hacks), or possibly mismanagement or fraud within the royalty collection process. If you registered with GEMA but aren't seeing payouts, someone may have redirected the payments using false credentials or hacked access. Restoring your email accounts and formally notifying GEMA about the suspected fraud are the critical first steps.
So here is what you need to do: Since you’re registered with GEMA and suspect your royalties are being stolen or misdirected, you need to officially report the issue. GEMA has a fraud reporting process and can freeze or review any suspicious transactions. Let them know your email was hacked and request a detailed royalty statement to verify where payments have been going. You can start by writing to: [EMAIL] or use the contact form here: [WEBSITE]. Ask GEMA to provide a full record of which works have earned royalties, how much, and what account the payments were made to. If you see bank info or recipient names you don’t recognize, flag it immediately. GEMA may be able to pause future payments until ownership and security issues are cleared.
Sometimes people falsely register songs under their own name. Ask GEMA if any conflicting registrations exist, and if needed, send them your original music files, release metadata, and any contracts showing you’re the rightful artist. If you have proof that someone intentionally rerouted your royalties or used your identity to collect payments, you may be able to file a criminal complaint in Germany under fraud and identity theft laws. GEMA can’t pursue this themselves, but a German lawyer or local police report might help kickstart action. I know it’s a lot, but does that help make sense of things a bit more? I want to make sure I didn’t leave anything out.
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Hi I'm a music artist based in germany and i have a record deal whit a company but I don't get my royalities for the songs that get played world wide and I have so mutch issues some body is thieving my radio royalitys tho I registered them at gema but they go after ther to and als I had 2 e mail adress [EMAIL] [EMAIL]. Booth of them got hacked and someone stoled my money from a buisnes I'm doing whit it also can u check for me who is the owner of the koppelstrasse 5 delmenenhorst germany
Hello! My name is Dolan and thank you so much for contacting me! I just had a few quick questions for you: How much is it do you believe you're owed? Any idea why they haven't contacted you about the delay?
Minimum only on royalitieys 12 k euro that people who are duping.me hack.my 3amil afress so I don't have access to the way of comunication
Thanks for providing that information! Do you have any idea where the record label is based? Are they based in Germany or in the USA?
Based in Nigeria Lagos and I think they have a branche in USA and uk
Got it! Were there any other facts you'd like to add before I answered your question?
No I only have this royality issue and if you can help me get my email adresses back
*Ok! I just need a little time to draft up a high-quality answer. I'll be with you as soon as possible. It won't be terribly long, ok?
Ok here is how I understand this: It sounds like you're facing two separate but related issues: missing royalty payments and hacked email accounts. The missing royalties might be due to your communication lines being cut off (from the email hacks), or possibly mismanagement or fraud within the royalty collection process. If you registered with GEMA but aren't seeing payouts, someone may have redirected the payments using false credentials or hacked access. Restoring your email accounts and formally notifying GEMA about the suspected fraud are the critical first steps.
So here is what you need to do: Since you’re registered with GEMA and suspect your royalties are being stolen or misdirected, you need to officially report the issue. GEMA has a fraud reporting process and can freeze or review any suspicious transactions. Let them know your email was hacked and request a detailed royalty statement to verify where payments have been going. You can start by writing to: [EMAIL] or use the contact form here: [WEBSITE]. Ask GEMA to provide a full record of which works have earned royalties, how much, and what account the payments were made to. If you see bank info or recipient names you don’t recognize, flag it immediately. GEMA may be able to pause future payments until ownership and security issues are cleared.
Sometimes people falsely register songs under their own name. Ask GEMA if any conflicting registrations exist, and if needed, send them your original music files, release metadata, and any contracts showing you’re the rightful artist. If you have proof that someone intentionally rerouted your royalties or used your identity to collect payments, you may be able to file a criminal complaint in Germany under fraud and identity theft laws. GEMA can’t pursue this themselves, but a German lawyer or local police report might help kickstart action. I know it’s a lot, but does that help make sense of things a bit more? I want to make sure I didn’t leave anything out.