Why Songwriters Can’t Audit Under the Statutory Mechanical Royalty License, or Shall We Rely on the Kindness of Strangers?
As most songwriters are aware, song licensing for digital music services is a mess, mostly due to the fact that digital services fail to follow the rules. Well…not quite. They follow the rules that suit them and fail to follow the rules when it doesn’t. (Remember–the statutory license is not just mechanical royalties for CDs, […]