First of all, well done to you for registering proactively – it helps us keep costs low and distribute royalties efficiently, so thank you.
There are two main reasons why a competing claim has arisen now, and not before:
- A new claim has been received from another member. Members of Screenrights can register programs at any time. In this case, another member has recently registered the program and we’ve identified that there is a competing claim over payable royalties.
- There are now royalties payable. Generally, we will only notify you about a competing claim if there are royalties payable.