You were identified by Spotify (formally Spotify USA Inc.) and/or YouTube (formally Google, Inc./YouTube) as a party to one or more licenses, releases, or other agreements containing a release of royalty claims for the period of time specified (as applicable, “Agreement”). Relying on such Agreement(s), these Digital Service Providers (“DSP(s)”) reduced the amount of accrued historical unmatched royalties each transferred to The MLC.
(Please see the press release here to learn more about the transfer of accrued historical unmatched royalties to The MLC. At the time the accrued historical unmatched royalties were transferred to The MLC, the US Copyright Office (USCO) permitted DSPs to make a good faith estimate of the amount of royalties due.)
Under the USCO regulations, The MLC is required to notify impacted copyright owners of their right to dispute a DSP’s reliance on an Agreement in making estimated royalty payments for accrued historical unmatched uses.
