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Cheryl Potts Bio

For 20+ years through her firm Crystal Clear Music, Ms. Potts has been a Copyright & Royalty Administrator for independent record labels and music publishers. She provides music licensing, copyright registration, royalty accounting, royalty audits, royalty collections and more. She was elected as officer of the board for the Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) for the Atlanta chapter.She was requested by the U.S. Copyright Office for her thoughts on behalf of independent music creators during the music license study. Her comments were included in the final study that was sent to U.S. Congress. The music license study became the foundation of the Music Modernization Act signed into law in 2018.Many Songwriters/Publishers she represents has reached #1 on the billboard charts and has won numerous awards. She was awarded several gold & platinum albums for administration work on behalf of record labels that reached RIAA status. In addition, Ms. Potts is the founder of Cleerkut, a software development firm and creator of Cleerkut Royalty – a platform for independent self-released artists, songwriters, producers, music managers, record labels and music publishing companies.Cleerkut is also the creator of LicenseYourSong.com, a platform for indie music creators to issue their own mechanical licenses for the songs they create.

Professional Highlights

- Elected Officer of the Board for Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) ; Atlanta GA chapter.- Selected by the U.S. Copyright Office for her views on behalf of independent musicians regarding possible changes to the U.S. Compulsory License & Audits.- Received numerous certified RIAA Gold & Platinum albums as the Copyright & Royalty Administrator on the recording label releases.- Provided worldwide royalty audit on a multiplatinum album uncovering over $300,000.00 in unpaid royalties in a royalty dispute with a major production company.- Provided recording label administration of numerous albums that reached # 1 on the Billboard charts on behalf of independent record labels.- Audited a Copyright Law Class at University of Chapel Hill (UNC).- Successfully challenged and overturned copyright dispute with major record label over composition on behalf of our client.- Successfully obtained past and future mechanical royalties on behalf of Songwriter in a dispute over non-payment of royalties.- Engaged as Royalty Collection Consultant for an Entertainment Attorney in Federal Copyright Infringement case on behalf of their client.- Successfully challenged and overturned performance rights registration of composition that was filed in a copyright dispute on behalf of our client.- Successfully collected royalties on behalf of our client on unauthorized use of client’s song on an award winning platinum album.