Performing Rights Organizations(PRO)/ Collective Management Organizations (CMO)
“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. “
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 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.”
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 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.
Global Music Rights
907 Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024
“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.”
Address: 733 10th Street NW 10th Floor Washington, D.C. 20001
Phone: 202-640-5858
Fax: 202-640-5859
Email: info@soundexchange.com
“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.”
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 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.”