Method and system for analyzing copyright information in a mixed long-format audio file

A computer-implemented method of determining a breakdown and usage of samples of copyrighted music in a media content file containing a mixture of overlapping samples of copyrighted music, comprising:

• receiving by a controller a media content file containing the mixture of samples of copyrighted music, at least two or more of the samples being overlapping;
• parsing by the controller the media content file into a format recognizable by a fingerprinting analytical algorithm;
• analyzing the parsed media content file by a fingerprinting server using the fingerprinting analytical algorithm to determine a breakdown of copyright ownership information of the samples in the parsed media content file;
• defining and storing a tracklist including the determined breakdown of the samples in a database;
• monitoring and reporting by a client reporting service in a player playing of each of the samples of the copyrighted music in the media content file by the player;
• and reporting by the controller to a system operated by a copyright licensing entity the copyright ownership information associated with the samples of the copyrighted music in the media content file played by the player.