It depends on the day (and month) an item is released (because payments are made by the 7th of each month; they're usually completed around the 3rd or 4th). Example: if an item was released Jan 15th, their 1st payment would be processed in April (which would be 76 days in years with only 28 days in Feb)--because Feb being only 28 day they'd miss the payment for the beginning of March. In other months, items released on the 17th could have 75 days until 1st payment (depending on how many days are in the month). After that, the same copyright policy exist, the 45 day hold is to "help". A good percentage of copyright concerns are found within the first 45 days of when a member becomes a merchant.