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Who is expected to file the cue sheet, to whom, and by when, according to ASCAP, SOCAN, MCPS/PRS and a broadcaster's delivery guide?

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All four pages put the main filing duty on the production company (producer). They differ on routes: ASCAP accepts sheets from production companies or networks and treats member submissions as acceptable only if substantiated; SOCAN calls the producer's sheet authoritative but, in a 2023 FAQ, actively encourages members to submit too; MCPS asks producers using its TV licences to send the sheet to PRS for Music's TV licensing team, with broadcaster forms possible; CBC's series guide makes the producer file with SOCAN and confirm to CBC. ASCAP gives dated quarterly submission deadlines and a three-months-after-broadcast recommendation. Curator qualifications: All quotes verified. The producer's conflicting-evidence entries are correctly labelled: different societies' policies (a contrast), and a dated SOCAN change from 2018 (members notify producers) to 2023 (members encouraged to submit), which is supersession within one organisation. Label the SOCAN 2018 vs 2023 difference as supersession (later policy), keeping both dates. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.ascap.com/help/royalties-and-payment/cue-sheets",
      "note": "producer work copy work/ascap_cuesheets.html; producer work copy work/socan_faq.pdf; producer work copy work/socan_mag.html; producer work copy work/mcps_reporting.html; producer work copy work/cbc_format.pdf"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.socan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/FAQ-Industry-standard-cue-sheet.pdf",
      "note": "producer work copy work/ascap_cuesheets.html; producer work copy work/socan_faq.pdf; producer work copy work/socan_mag.html; producer work copy work/mcps_reporting.html; producer work copy work/cbc_format.pdf"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.socanmagazine.ca/sound-advice/sound-advice-the-breakdown-cue-sheets/",
      "note": "producer work copy work/ascap_cuesheets.html; producer work copy work/socan_faq.pdf; producer work copy work/socan_mag.html; producer work copy work/mcps_reporting.html; producer work copy work/cbc_format.pdf"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://mcpsproductionmusic.co.uk/reporting/",
      "note": "producer work copy work/ascap_cuesheets.html; producer work copy work/socan_faq.pdf; producer work copy work/socan_mag.html; producer work copy work/mcps_reporting.html; producer work copy work/cbc_format.pdf"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/independentproducers/content/pdf/TNOT-Format-Guide.pdf",
      "note": "producer work copy work/ascap_cuesheets.html; producer work copy work/socan_faq.pdf; producer work copy work/socan_mag.html; producer work copy work/mcps_reporting.html; producer work copy work/cbc_format.pdf"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] All four pages put the main filing duty on the production company (producer). They differ on routes: ASCAP accepts sheets from production companies or networks and treats member submissions as acceptable only if substantiated; SOCAN calls the producer's sheet authoritative but, in a 2023 FAQ, actively encourages members to submit too; MCPS asks producers using its TV licences to send the sheet to PRS for Music's TV licensing team, with broadcaster forms possible; CBC's series guide makes the producer file with SOCAN and confirm to CBC. ASCAP gives dated quarterly submission deadlines and a three-months-after-broadcast recommendation. · locator: producer work copy work/ascap_cuesheets.html; producer work copy work/socan_faq.pdf; producer work copy work/socan_mag.html; producer work copy work/mcps_reporting.html; producer work copy work/cbc_format.pdf source

Rights

component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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