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132 STAT. 3694 ::: to ensure the usability, interoperability, and usage restrictions of the musical works database.
 * “(F) —
 * “(i) —The mechanical licensing collective shall receive, review, and confirm or reject notices of license from digital music providers, as provided in paragraph (2)(A). The collective shall maintain a current, publicly accessible list of blanket licenses that includes contact information for the licensees and the effective dates of such licenses.
 * “(ii) —The mechanical licensing collective shall receive notices of nonblanket activity from significant nonblanket licensees, as provided in paragraph (6)(A). The collective shall maintain a current, publicly accessible list of notices of nonblanket activity that includes contact information for significant nonblanket licensees and the dates of receipt of such notices.
 * “(G) —
 * “(i) —Upon receiving reports of usage and payments of royalties from digital music providers for covered activities, the mechanical licensing collective shall—
 * “(I) engage in efforts to—
 * “(aa) identify the musical works embodied in sound recordings reflected in such reports, and the copyright owners of such musical works (and shares thereof);
 * “(bb) confirm uses of musical works subject to voluntary licenses and individual download licenses, and the corresponding pro rata amounts to be deducted from royalties that would otherwise be due under the blanket license; and
 * “(cc) confirm proper payment of royalties due;
 * “(II) distribute royalties to copyright owners in accordance with the usage and other information contained in such reports, as well as the ownership and other information contained in the records of the collective; and
 * “(III) deposit into an interest-bearing account, as provided in subparagraph (H)(ii), royalties that cannot be distributed due to—
 * “(aa) an inability to identify or locate a copyright owner of a musical work (or share thereof); or
 * “(bb) a pending dispute before the dispute resolution committee of the mechanical licensing collective.
 * “(ii) —Any royalties recovered by the mechanical licensing collective as a result of efforts to enforce rights or obligations under a blanket license, including through a bankruptcy proceeding or other legal action, shall be distributed to copyright owners based on available usage information and in accordance with the procedures described in