Sweden · Performance + mechanical
STIM
EU/UK 3-yrOfficial policy only
What counts as black box here
STIM must search for and disclose unidentified rightsholders. Money is undistributable after 3 years and then used for cultural and educational purposes.
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
- 4 settlement periods a year
- Data maturity tier
- B
03
How it handles unresolved royalties
How long money waits, when the clock starts, and where it goes if nobody claims it.
- Holding clock
- 3 yrs
- Clock starts
- End of collection financial year
- Exit chute
- Cultural and educational purposes
- Late claims after expiry
- Not publicly disclosed
Lifecycle path
- 1
Settle
Regular settlements
4×/yr
- 2
Search
Required search and disclosure
- 3
Expire
Undistributable
3 yrs
- 4
Cultural use
Cultural and educational purposes
Published figures
No balance publicly disclosed (not the same as zero)