Members are now able to search the next set of historical unmatched royalty data — data that remained unmatched after we completed our initial internal matching processes — using the Matching Tool in The MLC Portal. This set of data consists of unmatched data from Spotify for usage that took place between 2011-2013.
Due to the large amount of unmatched data from Spotify, we will be uploading this data to the Portal in phases. We expect the remaining sets of unmatched data from Spotify for the pre-Phono 3 periods to be available in the Portal over the next few months.
So, when Members use the Matching Tool to search for unmatched data that corresponds to their musical works, their search results will include this set of historical unmatched data from Spotify, in addition to the remaining historical unmatched data from the 19 DSPs that we added to the Matching Tool over the last five months (i.e., Deezer, Hoopla, Pandora, SoundCloud, Tidal, iHeart, Apple Music, Pacemaker, Recisio, Weav, Amazon, Trebel, Audiomack, GTL, Mixcloud, Qobuz, Google Play, YouTube and Wolfgang’s).
As we shared before, unmatched usage data is identified in the search results within the Matching Tool as follows:
- An “H” icon will indicate historical unmatched usage that took place before January 1, 2021 (the blanket license effective date)
- A “B” icon will indicate blanket unmatched usage that took place on or after January 1, 2021
- Search results that display both icons will identify unmatched usage that took place both before and after January 1, 2021
To the extent Members propose matches that cover data from any of these 20 DSPs, once accepted, The MLC will reference these matches when we process (or reprocess) blanket royalties and historical royalties in future distributions.