I'm not defending them either, just using my knowledge of the music rights industry (involved in legal side of Music Startup FYI)
The rights of each track are tortuous and split. There are many different responsible bodies that need to be consulted as to who owes how much to whom.
* Mechanical Rights
* Production Rights (maybe split say 30% 30% 35% somehow)
* Recording Rights
These are all spread around different collecting bodies. There may be different societies for different artists, countries.
It is a difficult, time-consuming and manual problem to allocate the monies.
The rights of each track are tortuous and split. There are many different responsible bodies that need to be consulted as to who owes how much to whom.
* Mechanical Rights
* Production Rights (maybe split say 30% 30% 35% somehow)
* Recording Rights
These are all spread around different collecting bodies. There may be different societies for different artists, countries.
It is a difficult, time-consuming and manual problem to allocate the monies.