Essay
Unclaimed Music Royalties: Where the Money Goes
Unregistered royalties don't wait for you forever. Where the money goes, how long you have, and what the law says happens to it.
Unmatched royalties sit in a society account until a rule says they do not. Holding periods are often two to three years. After that, the money is redistributed to works that were registered — the black box.
You cannot reclaim redistributed money. You can still register going forward, and you can often claim whatever is still inside the holding window. That is the point of Radar.