Case report · SMG-12
Catalog Management Services
Open case ↗Needs attention
- Master: The active catalogue asserts recording rights, but no reviewed evidence identifies the recipient of this exact master or connects a Lyric Mello buyer to the client entities represented in this case. The bill of sale refers to “Purchased Assets” and an Asset Purchase Agreement; it does not identify this recording or allocate it to a buyer.
- Composition: The registration names Spirit Music Publishing (UK) Ltd and Marshmello Music, LLC as claimants. No reviewed instrument connects those claimants—or the Lyric Mello acquisition entities—to Lyric Copyright Services, LP Fund 2 or Songs of Spirit, Inc., the client entities identified in the authorization letter.
- Two active catalogue entries share ISRC USUG12102313, but Spotify titles differ (“Leave Before You Love Me” and “Leave Before You Love Me (with Jonas Brothers)”). Confirm the exact recording version. Also confirm the authorization letter’s execution and scope for this work and both post dates; the letter is dated 16 February 2026 and refers to an engagement dated 1 December 2025.
Rights by work
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Leave Before You Love Me (Spotify title variants; ISRC USUG12102313)
Show chain diagram
- Master: Not established for Catalog Management Services or its represented clients. Catalogue inclusion asserts recording scope, not ownership. The reviewed bill of sale transfers unspecified purchased assets to three Lyric Mello entities, subject to an Asset Purchase Agreement; the work and allocation to a buyer are not identified.
- Composition: The supplemental registration supports a registered composition claim by Spirit Music Publishing (UK) Ltd and Marshmello Music, LLC. Rights in the composition for the case’s represented client entities are not established by the reviewed instruments.
Posts
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| Post | Work | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Instagram ↗ | No rightsholder-catalogue track matched | 2025-04-23 15:29 |
| Instagram ↗ | Leave Before You Love Me | 2025-12-15 20:21 |
Supporting documents
- Copyright registrationPA0002566461 ↗ The record identifies “Leave Before You Love Me” as a music work and names Spirit Music Publishing (UK) Ltd and Marshmello Music, LLC as claimants. It is a supplemental registration correcting the claimant list and refers to PA0002301630; it does not establish a transfer to the case’s represented clients.
- Marshmello – Lyric Bill of Sale .pdf ↗ae86834f-d35a-45d0-938c-caeca2609f3d Dated 6 August 2025; assigns the Assignors’ interests in “Purchased Assets” to Lyric Mello AssetCo LP, Lyric Mello Producer Co LP, and Lyric Mello New Music Co, LLC, subject to the Asset Purchase Agreement. The work-specific allocation is not shown.
- Mello_Catalog Schedules_792026.xlsx ↗eca67200-fd39-4171-8e6a-2d04923bb3e6 Lists “Leave Before You Love Me,” UPC 60243837064, ISRC USUG12102313, and Republic Records as prior licensee/distributor. It does not identify a rights recipient or allocate master and composition rights.
- Catalog Management Services client claim authorization letter ↗baa6ec94-18f3-438f-aac1-c260d9f84f0b States that Catalog Management Services, LLC acts on behalf of Lyric Copyright Services, LP, Fund 2 and Songs of Spirit, Inc., and authorizes Third Chair to enforce claims involving “Company Content.” Confirm execution, inclusion of this work, and coverage of the post dates.
Document check
Still needed
- The 6 August 2025 Asset Purchase Agreement and relevant schedules, showing whether this work’s master and composition were transferred and which Lyric Mello entity received each estate.
- The instrument(s) connecting the relevant Lyric Mello recipient(s) and registered claimants to Lyric Copyright Services, LP Fund 2 and/or Songs of Spirit, Inc.; do not assume affiliation establishes a rights transfer.
- Confirm the exact recording version and that the Third Chair authorization applies to this work and both post dates.
- Five other active organization workbooks were not fully reviewed: Documents Checklist.xlsx, Marshmello-Third Chair-Export.xlsx, Marshmello_7162026.xlsx, Marshmello Kobalt Synch History 2025.12.10 (002).xlsx, and RAL Schedule A - Publishing Copyright Detail_Final.xlsx. No conclusion about title evidence is drawn from these unreviewed files.
What supports the chain
The case belongs to Catalog Management Services, LLC, whose active catalogue asserts both recording and composition scope for this candidate. The registration supports a composition claim by its named claimants, and the bill of sale indicates a general transfer to Lyric Mello entities. The reviewed evidence does not complete either estate’s chain to the represented client entities. One other claim post has no match in the case owner’s active catalogue and is excluded from this title review.