Spain · Performance + mechanical
SGAE
EU/UK 3-yrOfficial policy only
What counts as black box here
SGAE publishes lists of musical and audiovisual uses not matched to registered works, plus a policy for unidentified or insufficiently documented uses. The holding period and exit are not stated.
Mini box
Lit: compartments used and exit chute(s).
01
Its rules
Governed by EU/UK collective-management law: unpaid money must be identified, reported and eventually redistributed within set deadlines.
- Rights it handles
- Performance + mechanical
- Holds a pool?
- Yes
- Evidence level
- Official policy only
02
How it distributes money
How often matched money is paid out, and how members can find what's theirs.
- Payment cadence
- Not publicly disclosed
- Data maturity tier
- C
03
How it handles unresolved royalties
How long money waits, when the clock starts, and where it goes if nobody claims it.
- Holding clock
- Not publicly disclosed
- Clock starts
- Not publicly disclosed
- Exit chute
- Not disclosed
- Late claims after expiry
- Not publicly disclosed
Lifecycle path
- 1
Collect
Licensing income
- 2
List
Unmatched uses published
- 3
Claim
Members claim against lists
Published figures
No balance publicly disclosed (not the same as zero)