The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) has received its first payment of unmatched royalties from streaming services.
Streaming services have collectively handed over $424,384,787 (£306m) in accrued historical unmatched royalties to ...
It was supposed to be a lot easier than this.
The wait for the result to be called may have been agonisingly long but, finally, a Joe Biden presidency was ...
2019 will surely go down in music biz history as the year that artists and songwriters decided to fight for their rights.
Just look at some of the biggest ...
The US Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) has agreed funding terms with digital music services.
From 2021, the body will operate as the US collection agency for streaming royalties. It was ...
The US Copyright Office has accepted the submission for governance of the Music Modernisation Act’s Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) by the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA), Songwriters Of North ...
After a decade in charge at PRS For Music, Robert Ashcroft is handing over the reins of power to Andrea Martin next month.
The organisation’s Board noted the 70% revenue ...
Hi-res streaming service Qobuz launches in the US today (February 14).
The hybrid download and streaming service claims to have the largest selection of hi-res streaming tracks anywhere. It has ...
President Donald Trump has finally done something the music industry approves of: he’s officially signed the Music Modernization Act into US law.
The bill – which will reform mechanical licensing ...
The music industry has applauded the passage of the Music Modernisation Act in the US Senate by unanimous consent. It now just awaits final reconsideration by the House of Representatives ...
The Music Modernisation Act is back on track after a last-minute wobble.
SESAC had been wrangling over provisions in the bill for a single mechanical rights entity to oversee administration ...
