Track Patrol is a proprietary software tool for the music industry to monitor and police online the exploitation of sound recordings and mechanical compositions in addition to being a resource for consumers to search and purchase music.

Track Patrol is the comprehensive tool for sourcing information pertaining to music copyright exploitation and availability worldwide. Targeted at music publishers, major record labels, independent repertoire owners, recording artists, auditors, artist managers, producers, etc., AND, conceivably, millions of music consumers worldwide.

To browse retail racks and/or search online every single artist album and multi-artist compilation for a specific track title is impractical since such a process can literally take weeks, even for the accomplished browser. Track Patrol will source and filter this information from the internet within seconds!

Track Patrol searches and compares different online music databases and music download sites worldwide for: Track Title, Artist, Album, Compilation, Label, Format, Release Date, EAN/UPC and Territory. Registered users will be able to export those results to an Excel spreadsheet or an XML document.

With an estimated 19 in 20 downloads from the internet being carried out for free on illegal peer-to-peer sites, the industry has been facing catastrophic loss of revenues in recent years. (Source: The International Federation of Phonographic Industries, IFPI). In a speech given by John Kennedy, CEO and Chairman IFPI, in Lisbon, Portugal, on 4th April 2008, he said, "Research shows that seven out of 10 people know that file-sharing without permission of the copyright holder is illegal in virtually every country of the world".

Kennedy continued, Recorded music is today being massively devalued by piracy, by ubiquity and by businesses that unfairly profit from it. We are quite simply fighting to promote and protect the value of music. A sentiment shared by Track Patrol.

An estimated 6.5 million broadband users unlawfully download files every year, which the industry warns has resulted in a slump in CD and DVD sales. About 95 per cent of music downloads from the internet are thought to be illegal. (Source: www.independent.co.uk, 'Music industry to tax downloaders', article by Nigel Morris, Home Affairs Correspondent. Published: July 24, 2008)