Black Box
Type: noun
Pronunciation: /black-boks/
Also spelled or known as: Black Box Royalties
Related: Unclaimed Royalties
What does Black Box mean? Royalties that cannot be paid because ownership or usage data is missing.
Black Box royalties often occur when songs, recordings, writers, publishers, or setlists cannot be properly identified.
Black Box synonyms: Black Box Royalties, Unclaimed Royalties, Undistributed Royalties, Unallocated Royalties
Example sentence: “Bad metadata caused the royalties to fall into the black box.”
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