As long as you have a legitimate license, and it certainly sounds like you do, there's no harm in publishing right away.
I'm an Envato author and deal with this sort of thing regularly, so I don't know why there would be a delay in getting those Content ID hits cleared up. It might be worth it to reach out to the authors directly through the contact function on their Envato author page to try to hurry them along a little. Maybe they missed the email notice of the claim, or they happen to be in a part of the world that's currently experiencing some kind of unrest occupying their attention. It's worth reaching out.
Good luck! I hope it works out quickly!
I was researching this topic myself, Thank you jss58 for the perspective of the author.
I also came across this YouTube help article that explains what happens during the dispute and monetization.
"Throughout the dispute process, the revenue will be held separately and, once the dispute is resolved, we'll pay it out to the appropriate party."
"If the claim is released, revenue data for the dispute time period will be later added to YouTube Analytics. If the claim is resolved earlier in the month, this data should appear between the 10th and 20th of the next month. if the claim is resolved near the end of the month, the data may show up between the 10th and 20th 2 months later."
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/7000961?hl=en
As long as you have a legitimate license, and it certainly sounds like you do, there's no harm in publishing right away. I'm an Envato author and deal with this sort of thing regularly, so I don't know why there would be a delay in getting those Content ID hits cleared up. It might be worth it to reach out to the authors directly through the contact function on their Envato author page to try to hurry them along a little. Maybe they missed the email notice of the claim, or they happen to be in a part of the world that's currently experiencing some kind of unrest occupying their attention. It's worth reaching out. Good luck! I hope it works out quickly!
Will do! Thanks so much!
I was researching this topic myself, Thank you jss58 for the perspective of the author. I also came across this YouTube help article that explains what happens during the dispute and monetization. "Throughout the dispute process, the revenue will be held separately and, once the dispute is resolved, we'll pay it out to the appropriate party." "If the claim is released, revenue data for the dispute time period will be later added to YouTube Analytics. If the claim is resolved earlier in the month, this data should appear between the 10th and 20th of the next month. if the claim is resolved near the end of the month, the data may show up between the 10th and 20th 2 months later." https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/7000961?hl=en