Copydan provides The Ivors Academy with information about rightsholders alongside the royalty funds, based on their own methods of measuring and allocating payments. Sometimes this information includes details of the specific works used, and sometimes it only identifies the rightsholder.
We cross-reference this information against various databases - primarily our membership database and PRS for Music - and carry out desk research to identify rightsholders, contact them, and confirm the correct bank account details to send payments.
We make the same efforts to contact all rightsholders, whether or not they are members of The Ivors Academy. This work is carried out regularly throughout the year to ensure that if we are unable to reach a rightsholder initially, we continue making efforts to ensure they receive any royalties owed.
As this is an ongoing agreement with Copydan, rightsholders who have not earned royalties to date may still do so in the future.
