The Copyright Royalty Board has adopted the final regulations that set rates and terms applicable to mechanical rates during the period from January 1, 2023, through...
The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) has disclosed that it has distributed over $800 million in royalties to its members and clients, and has collected close...
The MLC has launched a new portal for distributors to see the publicly available data for the unmatched recordings they’ve released and claim any unmatched royalties...
Global digital collection society AMRA has expanded its operations to license on behalf of its songwriters and publishers in Canada. AMRA said it is "working closely...
The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) finally issued its determination in the Phonorecords III remand proceeding and it's a win for music publishers and songwriters as the...
The UK's MCPS, the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society, has distributed to £181.7 million (€212.6m) to members in 2021, up 15% on 2020. These are the highest annual...
The Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA), the SoundExchange-owned company licensing and administering mechanical rights in Canada, has announced a series of promotions and hires across...
France's Society of Authors and Composers and Publishers of Music (SACEM) and its mechanical rights management affiliate SDRM, have extended their existing agreement with Muserk. The...
Canada's mechanical rights agency CMRRA has informed its clients — music publishing companies and self-published songwriters — that it will increase in July 2022 its administration...
The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) unveiled in its 2021 Interim Annual Report, compiled at the request of the US Copyright Office, that it had distributed...