9.3.3 Action required

The music licensing company sending the RightsClaimConflictNotification message shall indicate in Cells 7 and 8 whether, and where relevant, what type of action is required by the recipient of the message in respect of the rights claim conflict.

This is so that the action will aid the music licensing company’s internal conflict resolution process, which may vary from music licensing company to music licensing company. This also means that it is possible, using the RightsClaimConflictNotification message to request a response from only one of the conflicting parties involved in a rights claim conflict.

The data defining the action required by the conflicting party in receipt of the RightsClaimConflictNotification message only applies to that one conflicting party. The receipt of a RightsClaimConflictNotification message with the ActionRequired set to true, should trigger a response from the conflicting parties or their third-party facilitators (see Clause 6.2) to enable the music licensing company to re-evaluate or recalculate the rights claims conflict.