I'm not really sure about this.
It is of course a scandalous aspect of working as a musician - the money that goes missing. I have discussed it many times with fellow musicians.
Willie Jackson (ex Magna Carta and much else) once said to me, "Its just how it is. Every time you sign something, you think - here we go again."

Ideally of course in an age when everything is computerised and theoretically all information should be accessible and all dealings transparent, you'd think this sort of thing would be in the past.

But its not. If they can't count the votes in American election, how the hell will they ever sort out the labyrinthine world of publishing and recording.

Thank God, I've come out of it with a roof over my head and food in the cupboard. I'm 76 now, even if they sort it out tomorrow it won't do me much good. How old's Dick? My advice is enjoy the sunshine we have left us.