The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) has unveiled a new Supplemental Matching Network that will help the Nashville-based righs society to "provide data matching services to complement and enhance The MLC’s existing matching processes and capabilities."

The MLC’s Supplemental Matching Network will initially include Blokur, Jaxsta, Pex, Salt and SX Works, a SoundExchange company. The MLC was launched in 2021 with the goal to administering the blanket compulsory license for the use of ...

Music rights licensing entity SUISA Digital Licensing, a subsidiary of Swiss rights society SUISA, has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in the Munich I District Court against Twitter International.

The suit alleges that the parent company of X used unlicensed music represented by SUISA Digital on the social network. SUISA Digital said the lawsuit follows "repeated attempts" to license X for more than half a year. "Twitter International refuses to pay songwriters, composers and publishe...

peermusic and digital licensing hub ICE have renewed their multi-year partnership that will see the ICE Core platform handle online representation of the music publishers' repertoire.

peermusic has been a direct member of the ICE Core since 2018. The partnership has resulted in "significantly increasing" the company's royalties through the ICE hub, with an average Year-on-Year of more than 60%, according to the company.

Pictured (l. to r.): Ben McEwen, Chief Commercial Officer, ICE; Nig...