By Emmanuel Legrand Starting on January 1, 2021, the provision in the Music Modernisation Act of 2018 (MMA) establishing a new blanket mechanical license covering the...
By Emmanuel Legrand The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) has enlisted four music data companies to its Data Quality Initiative (DQI): Blokur, Exactuals, Music Data Services,...
The CPIP conference panel on the Music Modernisation Act (clockwork from top left): Spotify's Lisa Selden, moderator Mark Schultz, SONA's Adam Gorgoni, the Copyright Office's Regan...
By Emmanuel Legrand The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) has launched the Data Quality Initiative (DQI), which will provide a streamlined way for music publishers, administrators...
By Emmanuel Legrand The Mechanical Licensing Collective, the new entity in charge of licensing and administering mechanical rights in the US, has launched two new initiatives...
Kris Ahrend, CEO The MLC, has the unique task to set up and launch the first new collective management organisation created by law in the United...
By Emmanuel Legrand The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), the new entity charged with licensing and administering mechanical rights in the USA, haspicked Nashville for its headquarters....
By Emmanuel Legrand MLC's Kris Ahrend Kris Ahrend has been appointed CEO of the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), the new rights management organisation set up to...
By Emmanuel Legrand The creation of the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), the collective management company created in the United States as part of the Music Modernisation...
By Emmanuel Legrand The US Copyright Office (USCO) has designated on July 5 the two entities that will operate the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) and the...