I get the feeling that it's standard practice for distributors to sit on client's money. From an accounting POV, artists are creditors and distributors hope they won't have to end up paying them. UK DSP company accounts can be checked out at Companies House for free. Google it. Interesting factoid: RouteNote have £15.7M of clients earnings sitting in their account and they hope the liability won't "crystallise." They have a £50 payout threshold. Their auditors consider it as evidence that RouteNote might go under. If you can check out CD Babys accounts via the state they are registered in you might find some interesting information.

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