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Digital distributionDelivering music (recordings, artwork and metadata) to streaming platforms and stores through a distributor.Distribution chainThe path that music and money travel between the distributor and the platforms. Part of the royalties stays in it.Distribution historyA card in the release detail showing when and to which platforms the release was sent or taken down.Pre-distribution declarationA card in the release detail where, before sending, you confirm rights, platform rules and the framework agreement. The distribution buttons stay locked until you do.Author royaltiesMoney paid by a collecting society to authors and rights holders for the use of their works and recordings.Release dateThe day the release goes live on the platforms (usually at midnight local time).TakedownRemoving a release from the platforms on the distributor's instruction – it stops being available to listeners.AI ActThe EU regulation on artificial intelligence. Among other things it requires labelling content generated or manipulated by AI (deepfakes).Audio file metadataText information stored inside an audio file (title, author, date …). Not used for distribution, but faulty ones can prevent the upload.Beat from the internetAn instrumental bought or downloaded from the internet (YouTube, BeatStars …). It must not go to content platforms.Collective managementCollective exercise of copyright and related rights by a state-authorised organisation – it collects fees from music users and distributes them to rights holders.Copyright (US concept)The Anglo-American term for rights in a work. In distribution it mostly appears as the C-line (©) of a release.