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News from the Goolag Since 2006 ~ A survival guide to the creative apocalypse: We follow issues and opinion important to professional creators. Data is the new exposure.

Tag: The MLC

Written by Chris CastleApril 3, 2023

Does the “Know Your Customer” Rule Apply to Songwriters?

Why don’t “Know Your Customer” rules apply to songwriters?

Written by Chris CastleOctober 3, 2021October 6, 2021

Questions on the MLC Tax Return and the Ghost of Jimmy Hoffa

There are some loose ends on the MLC’s first tax return.

Written by Chris CastleApril 16, 2021April 23, 2021

What the MLC Can Learn from Orphan Works

“Reasonably diligent search” guidelines for orphan works shine a light on what is expected of streaming services hiding behind the MMA safe harbor giveaway.

Written by Chris CastleMarch 29, 2021

The Metadata Hot Potato: The MLC Enters the Jerry McGuire Reality

The MLC is in the Jerry McGuire phase–and on April 15, songwriters will say “show me the money.”

Written by Chris CastleFebruary 18, 2021February 18, 2021

Black Box Invasion: The Implications of The MLC’s $424 Million Black Box

The Circular Awards Ceremony has begun anew and the corporate media wants someone to adore, dang it! Cue “It’s a Pleasure Being Sad.” The MLC received $424 million of “inception to date black box” as required by the statute enacted October 18, 2019. It didn’t just happen by accident that most DSPs paid the money […]

Written by Editor CharlieDecember 26, 2020February 2, 2021

Please Take Our Mechanical Licensing Collective Survey

Please take a moment and complete the ArtistRightsWatch new anonymous 10 question survey regarding The MLC at this link. We’re gathering general anonymized information about how songwriters and publishers have heard about The MLC and whether you think an independent advocate (or an “ombudsman”) would be useful to you. This will help us plan future […]

Written by Editor CharlieJune 24, 2020

MLC Black Box Invasion: Transparency for the “Interim Application of Accrued Royalties”

[Editor Charlie sez:  This post is a version of Chris Castle’s comment in the current Copyright Office rulemaking on the transparency of the MLC and originally appeared on The Trichordist.] By Chris Castle Just when you think you understand Title I of the Music Modernization Act, another toad runs out from under a rock.  My nickname […]

Written by Editor CharlieJune 13, 2020

Copyright Office Regulates the MLC: Selected Public Comments on MLC Transparency: @zoecello

[Editor Charlie sez: The U.S. Copyright Office is proposing many different ways to regulate The MLC, which is the government approved mechanical licensing collective under MMA authorized to collect and pay out “all streaming mechanicals for every song ever written or that ever may be written by any songwriter in the world that is exploited […]

Written by Chris CastleMay 31, 2020June 21, 2020

Here Comes the New Dark Age: Blanket Licenses for Everything Based on MMA

Cory Doctorow has a post on the EFF’s Deep Thoughts…sorry…Deep Links blog that proposes “A Plan to Pay Artists.”  MTP readers probably need no further information to know what’s coming next without even reading Mr. Doctorow’s post.  It’s the old ISP licensing hash rehashed and served up as if nothing happened–but using The MLC as […]

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