The Nashville-based Mechanical Licensing Collective filed a lawsuit against California-based Pandora Media, LLC, on Feb. 12, in an attempt to recover unpaid royalties and late fees it says the ...
Music can make or break a game, but using it without proper licensing can lead to takedowns, lawsuits, and lost revenue. Understanding sync, master use, performance, and mechanical licenses is ...
Other organizations also administer mechanical licenses for other uses. For example, the issues licenses for creating and distributing cover songs. Mechanical licenses can also often be obtained ...
In April 2024, Spotify announced a price increase for its ad-free premium subscription plan. This is the second price increase in 10 months and will go into effect in the United States later this year ...
The Mechanical Licensing Collective (“MLC”) was created to make paying songwriters and publishers easier. Just as performance rights organizations issue blanket licenses to music users (radio stations ...
“The fact that users of [Pandora Free] may choose to listen to playlists consisting of sound recordings they have not selected does not change the fact that these users have at all times the ability ...