Performing Rights Organizations(PRO)/ Collective Management Organizations (CMO)

The MLC

“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. “

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Mechanical Licensing Collective

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.

 

ASCAP 

“ASCAP was the first PRO in the US, founded in 1914. As the music business evolved, we’ve evolved right along with it. But we remain committed to protecting the livelihoods of songwriters, composers, and publishers that call ASCAP home. ASCAP is home to more than 825,000 music creator members across all genres - the greatest names in music, and thousands more in the early stages of their careers. We are the only PRO in the US owned and governed by our members.”

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New York

250 West 57th Street New York, NY 10107

Tel: (212) 621-6000

Fax: (212) 621-6595

Los Angeles

7920 W. Sunset Boulevard, Third Floor Los Angeles, CA 90046

Tel: (323) 883-1000

Fax: (323) 883-1049

Atlanta

950 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd. NW, Suite 23 Atlanta, GA 30318

Tel: (404) 685-8699

Fax: (404) 685-8701

Puerto Rico

623 Calle Hillside San Juan, 00920, Puerto Rico

Tel: (787) 707-0782

Fax: (787) 707-0783

London

4 Millbank 2nd Floor London SW1P 3JA

Tel: 011-44-207-439-0909

Fax: 011-44-207-434-007

Nashville

Two Music Square West Nashville, TN 37203

Tel: (615) 742-5000

Fax: (615) 742-5020

 

New York (Midtown)

152 West 57th Street 57th Floor New York, NY 10019

212-586-3450

New York (Downtown)

40 Wall Street 6th Floor New York, NY 10005

Nashville

35 Music Square East Nashville, TN 37203

615-320-0055

Santa Monica

2150 Colorado Avenue Suite 150 Santa Monica, CA 90404

424-291-4750

London

1 Primrose St London EC2A 2EX England

Tel:+44 (0)20 7616 9284

Munich

Hohenstaufenstr. 1 80801 Munich Germany

 

Global Music Rights


Global Music Rights represents today's greatest and most popular music creators in the public performance licensing of their catalogs. At the forefront of music rights management, Global Music Rights is leading the field in client services, technology, and rights advocacy. As an elite active and progressive advocate for copyright holders in the current performing rights marketplace, we are committed to protecting the integrity of music rights and promoting the value of intellectual property on behalf of creators.

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Global Music Rights

907 Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024

 
 

SoundExchange

“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.”

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

Phone: 202-640-5858

Fax: 202-640-5859

Email: info@soundexchange.com

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BMI 

“BMI was founded in 1939 by forward-thinkers who wanted to represent songwriters in emerging genres, like jazz, blues and country, and protect the public performances of their music. Operating on a non-profit-making basis, BMI is now the largest music rights organization in the U.S. and is still nurturing new talent and new music. BMI is the bridge between songwriters and the businesses and organizations that want to play their music publicly. As a global leader in music rights management, BMI serves as an advocate for the value of music, representing over 17 million musical works created and owned by more than 1.1 million songwriters, composers and music publishers.”

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Nashville

nashville@bmi.com

10 Music Square East Nashville, TN 37203-4399

(615) 401-2000

New York

newyork@bmi.com

7 World Trade Center 250 Greenwich Street New York, NY 10007-0030

(212) 220-3000

Los Angeles

losangeles@bmi.com

8730 Sunset Blvd. 3rd Floor West West Hollywood, CA 90069-2211

(310) 659-9109

London

london@bmi.com

84 Harley House Marylebone Road London NW1 5HN, United Kingdom

44 20 7486 2036

Atlanta

atlanta@bmi.com

3340 Peachtree Road, NE Suite 570 Atlanta, GA 30326

(404) 261-5151

Puerto Rico

puertorico@bmi.com

1250 Ave. Ponce de Leon San Jose Building, Suite 1008 Santurce, PR 00907

(787) 754-6490

Austin

austin@bmi.com

1400 S. Congress Avenue Suite B 200 Austin, TX 78704

(512) 350-2033

 
 

SESAC

“SESAC currently licenses the public performances of more than 1 million songs on behalf of its 30,000 affiliated songwriters, composers and music publishers, which include such familiar names as Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, RUSH, Disclosure (PRS), Kesha, Nicky Jam, Zac Brown, Mumford & Sons (PRS), Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum, The Avett Brothers, Shirley Caesar, Paul Shaffer and Thompson Square. SESAC has long represented the music on some of TV’s biggest shows including Grey’s Anatomy, How I Met Your Mother, Parenthood, Dateline NBC, Dr. Phil, Seinfeld, and The Doctors among many others and is the PRO of choice among many of Hollywood's most sought-after film and television composers including Christophe Beck, Danny Lux, Jon Ehrlich, Dennis C. Brown, Bruce Miller and Paul Shaffer among many others.” 

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