“The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) is a nonprofit organization designated by the U.S. Copyright Office pursuant to the historic Music Modernization Act of 2018.

In January 2021, The MLC began administering blanket mechanical licenses to eligible streaming and download services (digital service providers or DSPs) in the United States. The MLC will then collect the royalties due under those licenses from the DSPs and pay songwriters, composers, lyricists, and music publishers. “

Contact:

333 11th Avenue South, Suite 200

Nashville, TN 37203

feedbackcoordinator@themlc.com

Press inquiries and interview requests: press@themlc.com.

Marketing: marketinginfo@themlc.com.

International Relations: international@themlc.com.

Data Quality Initiative (DQI): data.quality@themlc.com.

“SoundExchange is the not for profit organization mandated by the US Copyright Office to collect and distribute digital performance royalties on behalf of recording artists and sound recording copyright owners for the use of their recordings by non-interactive digital streaming services (webcasters/simulcasters), satellite radio and other digital audio services. They collect/distribute for more than 200,000 recording artists’ and master rights owners’ accounts. Its technology solutions help turn massive amounts of data into accurate revenue for creators and include: Music Data Exchange (MDX), International Standard Recording Codes (ISRC) Search, and the Notice of Intention to Use (NOI) LOOKUP. To date, SoundExchange has paid out more than $7 billion in royalties.”

Contact:

Address: 733 10th Street NW 10th Floor Washington, D.C. 20001

Phone: 202-640-5858

Fax: 202-640-5859

Email: info@soundexchange.com