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03/20/2024

Adjusting to the Future: The Statutory Mechanical Rate Increase of 2024

As of January 1, 2024, the statutory mechanical rate for physical goods and permanent downloads has been updated to the greater of 12.4 cents per unit for recordings under five minutes in length, or 2.38 cents per minute for recordings over five minutes.

08/04/2021

How it Works: The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC)

At the beginning of 2021, The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) began to deliver blanket mechanical licenses to all digital service providers (DSPs) such as Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, and more throughout the United States that are eligible.

06/04/2021

Public Domain

Disclosure, this information pertains to US Copyright Law and some specifics may not remain true in other territories around the world.

06/01/2021

Composition vs. Sound Recording

Every song has two sides: the music & lyrics and the sound recording.

05/28/2021

The Cost of Penalties vs. Licensing

You laced the track and locked the flow, we got the license and it's good to go.

05/27/2021

Do I Need A Separate License To Stream My Cover?

Spotify, Pandora, and Apple Music. What to know before you stream.