The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) announced that its total royalties distributed have now exceeded $2 billion. The MLC reached this significant milestone in just over three years since beginning full operations. The MLC has now successfully completed 36 monthly royalty distributions to date, every one of which has been on time or early.
The MLC also announced that it filed its initial submission to the United States Copyright Office in connection with the first periodic review of the designation of The MLC and Digital Licensee Coordinator (DLC) by the Register of Copyrights. The Music Modernization Act (MMA) of 2018 requires the Register to review the designations of The MLC and DLC once every five years.
The next step in this periodic review process will be a public comment period. The deadline for members of the public to submit their initial comments is May 29, 2024. As a non-profit organization committed to serving its members, The MLC has consistently sought feedback from its members throughout the first three years of its operations.
The MLC looks forward to receiving additional feedback from those individuals and organizations that choose to file comments and welcomes the participation of its stakeholders in the public comment process.
The MLC serves as the statutory mechanical licensing collective envisioned in the MMA. The MLC is responsible for administering the blanket compulsory mechanical license available to eligible streaming and download services (DSPs) in the United States that was created according to the MMA. The Register originally designated The MLC and DLC in July of 2019.
During the initial designation process, The MLC was the only entity that met all of the criteria establi
As part of its initial submission in the current periodic review of designation process, The MLC stated that it has once again successfully met each of these criteria in its first three years of operation. The MLC maintains its status as a nonprofit organization, which is funded entirely by DSPs at no cost to songwriters or music publi click here.
