The New Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) is Coming in 2021!
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- Опубліковано 15 кві 2020
- The New Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), a mechanical royalty collection agency, will collect mechanical royalties from digital service providers (DSPs) and pay those royalties to music publishers, songwriters, composers, and lyricists!
Taken from the MLC website, “Starting in January 2021, The MLC will issue and administer 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”. Watch the video now to learn more!
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The Music Business Made Easy I thought that’s why we have distrokid for ?
@@Lilmoe24 Digital distributors pay you for the interactive streaming royalties for the sound recording (owners of the master), not for the composition! The interactive streaming royalties for the song itself is currently collected from HFA and MR in the US. Please also watch my video titled, Distributors vs Music Publishing Administration.
Thank you...your very helpful
@@Lilmoe24 you're very welcome! Smiling... happy to help!
You're such a beautiful person! Thank you for your knowledge. 👍😘
How very sweet. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much Ms Watkins as always!!
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Great video as always! Very helpful. I have a question. Is it necessary to register for Songtrust or Audiam if I register for MLC?
Songtrust and Audiam are Music Publishing Administrators, meaning they would do the registrations with MLC and then pay you if you currently use one or the other. We are still waiting to see how it all will roll out. Also, these are for US royalties only. If you will self administer, then I would recommend joining HFA as well to license to get your international royalties.
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Ooh, not even close! I am grateful to be able to help where I can. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the info! Question: How can a company become a listed as a music distributor? Seems like a majority of platforms force publishers/artists to upload via 3rd party distros.
You’re welcome! You would need to develop agreements with all of the services that provide subscribers, streams, downloads in the US, and abroad international relations if that's your interest.
I don't need any other mentor, Sheesh! you know your stuff! :)
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HFA is not available via phone. I wonder if you know how to get through ( I need to update info) Thank you!
clientservices@harryfox.com or support@harryfox.com
do I need to register for both to collect all of my royalty harry fox agency and music report I have Songtrust but just want to make sure.. please help?
If you have Songtrust, you won't be doing any registrations. They will register for you at both.
Would affiliating with HFA as a publisher have any effect on us (as self-administered songwriters) using the MLC when it launches?
I only ask because I'm not sure if they will be competitors like ASCAP to BMI - where we can only be affiliated with one at a time.
No, it won't. HFA will be the organization giving info to the MLC at first. HFA will still be relevant for other licensing that you will need as well.
Is it either one or the other with HFA and Music Reports like ASCAP / BMI either one or the other or should I register with both music reports and hfa ??
Both…
@@TheMusicBusinessMadeEasy wait also ..I can embed my own tracks with my own purchases personalized ISRC from the ISRC agency! Now that would be a major flex b/c they were charging me to do it when I could’ve been doing it myself in the info data ..
@@jKHAHN215PA yes… I believe in self empowerment. It’s what I teach!
@@TheMusicBusinessMadeEasy ..I thought they were giving it a certain signal in the data ..just by inputing my data into the info section it’s registering ! That’s awesome ..thank you
Does this list of "Things to do" look right for someone who's about to release music on streaming platforms and the radio.
1. Sign up with a distributed... (Distrokid, CDBaby ect)
2. Sign up with a PRO... (Ascap, BMI)
3. Sign up with a Publishing Administrator... Songtrust
4. Sign up to collect digital performance royalties with.... Sound Exchange
5. Sign up to collect mechanical interactive streaming royalties with.... MLC.
Is this right and will this have all my bases covered as far as collecting royalties? Am I missing anything?
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Is this another entity outside of bmi/ascap soundscan/media base
Depends on what you're looking for. There are many music platforms. What are you referring to specifically?
Royalties, specifically.
@@misstee3603 SoundExchange, the MLC, Music Reports and Harry Fox
How can I stay up-to-date with changes in the music industry?
Like you're doing here, on youtube and there are also news sites like Digital Music News and Music Business Worldwide that have updates...
Thank you, you're very informative 👍🏾
@@misstee3603 you’re welcome
Once I sign up to MLC, will I no longer receive checks from Music Reports and HFA?
You will for any other licenses you signed up with them outside of the streaming (digital service providers) services. Also, you will continue receiving checks until the MLC opens in Jan.
@@TheMusicBusinessMadeEasy Thank you so much! I will sign up with them this weekend. You and your channel have been super helpful. Happy Holidays!
@@StevenQBeatz you’re welcome! That makes me happy. God bless! Happy Holidays.
Please help me understand this from the perspective of an individual songwriter with no publisher. If we don't have an "publishing administrator," we need to sign up with a distributor (e.g. CDBaby), a mechanical license company (e.g. HFA), and a performing rights org (BMI). How do these three communicate with each other? Finally, they each send me (the songwriter) a check.
Watch my video titled, "Distributor vs Music Publishing Administrator" ua-cam.com/video/MzXLOYCLRaw/v-deo.html
That will help with one of these questions. I have videos that cover all of this. Also, watch Mechanical Payments. ua-cam.com/video/aMNnMxSffjo/v-deo.html
Here's a quick overview. The distributor distributes your music to all digital platforms. That money will come back to the distributor, they'll take their cut and pay you the rest. You join BMI to collect performance royalties when your music is played on the radio, clubs, tv, concert venues, restaurants etc. Join SoundExchange to collect royalties as an Artist and/or owner of the master recording for your music (the sound recording-recorded version of the song) that's played on internet radio (non-interactive streaming royalties). HFA and Music Reports collect mechanical royalties from interactive streaming royalties (spotify, apple music etc). You need to make sure all of your registrations are done in order to collect all of your royalties if you are a self-administering publisher.
@@TheMusicBusinessMadeEasy Thanks for your quick reply.
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This means more to me than you'll ever know! Thank you so much!
@@TheMusicBusinessMadeEasy I truly pray the Lord covers you with blessings and protection. If you have never heard it before I will be the first to say, we as young producers and musicians truly appreciate the knowledge and education you provide us. We need things like this to also make our industry a better functioning place. Thank you. ❤️
@@1_jahwarriorhow beautiful! Thank you so much. I receive every mentioned blessing. Thanks for watching and for your support. I appreciate it.
Difference between Harry Fox Agency and Songtrust? Do I need to have both?
No, you do not need both. If you use Songtrust, they will register and collect from HFA then pay you from the money they collect. Songtrust is a Music Publishing Administrator. HFA is one of two Mechanical licensing and royalty collection agencies in the US. If you self-administer you would register with HFA directly to collect your mechanical royalties.
The Music Business Made Easy ahhhh okay. I definitely understand it so much better. Thank you so much.
@@Lahloso718 you're welcome!
Is this service available to creators, composers, songwriters ect outside of the United states
That I'm not absolutely sure. As of now, I know them to collect only in the US, so if you're releasing music here, I don't see why you wouldn't be able to collect those. Go ahead and sign up for now and we'll have to wait to see how it all unfolds. They are only giving so much information for now.
@@TheMusicBusinessMadeEasy this approach shoud be adopted by more countries around the world so that more creative professionals can benefit . But thanks u so mush for your valuable insight an information about the business of music i have learnt alof from your channel keep ip the good work.
@@andrefairclough8665thank you so much! I promise to update you as things unfold!
I have a question for you. It is about applying for publishing cms. We applied via the google form two months ago, but we still haven't received an answer (I don't think we will get an answer). We are one of the biggest publishers in Serbia and we need a publishing cms to protect our catalog with over 50k songs. Is there an easy way to get it? We are ready to provide the necessary legal documents. Do you have any advice? Thank you for your reply. Kind regards
I'm so sorry... I'm not abreast of the laws in Serbia. I would however make sure that all of your music is properly registered and protected according to the laws in your country, and they should be able to guide you on all of your international protections as well.
so is this like songtrust?
It's more like the Harry Fox Agency and Music Reports in that the MLC will collect directly from the DSPs. Songtrust collects from HFA and MR, then sends that money to you. Songtrust is a great Music Publishing administrator! The MLC will pay you directly unless you have a Music Publisher or administrator. So in this case, Songtrust would probably collect also from the MLC and send that payment to you as an administrator. We'll see how it all plays out!
Mummy please I am confused and almost going insane choosing between BMI and Ascap right now. Because I heard that BMI pays more than Ascap I wanted to join BMI but before I decided to still make a little bit more review then I found out that BMI is affiliated with CISAC as client instead of a Member while Ascap is afflicted as a member. Also they want to sell it to someone else. Again right now joining as a songwriter on BMI is not free like they said it was. There's now a 75 dollar one time fee.
Mummy I am confused right now, I really don't where they are heading to. I don't know if they will end up disappointing their members?
Please help me out, do you think I should still join them regardless of all this, or should I join Ascap to avoid regretting if any of my fear happens?
Please let me hear from you
If you are this fearful you shouldn’t do anything until you study their websites, and make a decision based on information and not based on what you heard. Yes, BMI was bought by a private equity firm and now charges a fee to join. It is no longer a non profit but a for profit organization and things will change. What those changes are? They haven’t been established fully yet. As with us all research is necessary in making final decisions. Reach out to them and ask what you need to know.
@@TheMusicBusinessMadeEasy thank you ma. Studying them will be the best than reaching out to them. Everyone wants to sell their market they will not tell me their mean intentions if bad.
As I'm with CDbaby..they collect streaming royalties from DSP's for me..are you saying we can go direct?
Yes, on any of the songs that are not already registered through CDbaby.
@@TheMusicBusinessMadeEasy Ok thats good to know...yay!
OMG I'm working with a little bit of nothing I don't have enough money for an entertainment lawyer 😧😬
Why do you need an attorney?
I have a few detailed questions Ms.Watkins. Before hand, I want to thank you for all you do for us who scour the internet for knowledge on the content you provide.
Question (1);
When registering as a songwriter with either PRO, why would I enter my LEGAL name and not my entity/LLC name?
(a)If I wanted to keep my legal name private, would my PRO pay out songwriter royalties to a company or an actual person?
I ask because of THIS article | www.edmsauce.com/2017/08/02/marshmellos-real-name/
Famous DJ "Marshmello" was able to keep his identity private for years. It wasn't until a royalty sheet leaked with his legal name attached to the writer and composer credits.
(2) Wouldn't anyone be able to search any of his songs and check the songwriter/composer credits and identify his legal name?
*Lastly, registering songwriter alternative names with ASCAP gives each name it's own IPI#. To keep his identity private, could he have simply registered his song under his stage name or listed his stage name IPI# on a split sheet?
Thanks again in advance!
1. Because your legal name is your name as the songwriter unless you use a pseudonym.
a. If you don't want to use your legal name, then sign up with a pseudonym. Meaning a made up songwriter name, but once you do that, you have to do that everywhere. When copyrighting your music too.
2. Not necessarily if he was always consistent across the board.
3. He could have. Anybody can choose whatever name they want to use.
@@TheMusicBusinessMadeEasy Thank you very much!
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