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The New Music Business with Ari Herstand
Understanding How Digital & Physical Mechanical Royalties Work
May 8, 2024
Serona Elton, Head of Educational Partnerships for The MLC, discusses understanding digital and physical mechanical royalties. Topics include changes in mechanical licensing, calculating royalties for streams, relationship between the MLC and PROs, international mechanical royalties, role of legislation in the music industry, and defining success in the music business.
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- Different types of streaming platforms generate both mechanical and performance royalties for songwriters.
- The Mechanical Licensing Collective ensures accurate distribution of mechanical royalties to rights holders based on sound recording usage data.
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Overview of Streaming Royalties
Streaming platforms generate public performance royalties in addition to other forms of public performance like concert halls and nightclubs. The use of music in TV, film, and radio also generates public performance royalties. There is a distinction between mechanical royalties and public performance royalties, with some types of streaming generating both. Different types of streaming platforms vary in their generation of mechanical royalties, with internet radio and on-demand streaming playing significant roles in royalty generation.
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