The system keeps track of pending royalties associated with conflicting sound recordings (double claims). On the 1st day of each month — or occasionally on other dates — it calculates which rights holders are affected by the royalties on each conflicting recording, based on the current rights status.

For each affected party, the My double claims query displays the amount of pending royalties in the Conflicting amount column. Below the table, you can see the reference date for this informational figure.

This amount indicates how much the parties would share — at least — according to their agreed share rates  in the next N/A Distribution, if they were to fully resolve the conflict in its current state.

(The term “at least” refers to the possibility that, once the conflict is resolved and the amount becomes payable, the N/A Distribution may further increase it through additional allocations or expirations.)

Since the system always displays the most recently calculated state, the actual conflicting amount at the time of querying My double claims (or during an n/a distribution) may differ from the displayed informational Conflicting amount value. This can happen for the following reasons:

  • Increase: If a new royalty distribution has occurred in the meantime, and royalties have been allocated to the conflicting recording.
  • Decrease: 
    • If the rights status has changed, but the conflict has not been fully resolved. 
    • If a year transition has occurred, and part of the royalty relates to an expired period. In such cases, the N/A Distribution will treat that portion as expired and distribute it according to the share rates in that period. Therefore, it will no longer be included in the conflicting amount.

Examples:

A sound recording has two conflicting parties, each with a 100–100% share rate, without any time limitation. On August 1st, the system shows a Conflicting amount of HUF 1,000,000 as informational data. The next calculation will occur on September 1st. If the following happens in August:

  • If they agree on a 50–50% share rate, the recording will no longer appear among conflicting items, and the amount will become payable in the next N/A Distribution.
  • If the 100–100% share rate remains, but they specify start and end dates for their rights — resulting in only a partial conflict — the conflicting amount will decrease. The portion that now falls outside the conflict period will be payable in the N/A Distribution.
  • If the rights status remains unchanged, and a new distribution allocates HUF 100,000 to the recording, the conflicting amount will increase to HUF 1,100,000.

However, this change will only become visible in the Conflicting amount column after the next calculation on September 1st.