Get the latest gossip

With the MLC’s Re-Designation Underway, Streamers and Publishers Clash Over Its Future


Music streamers and publishers clash over the MLC's future as the organization hits its five-year anniversary and the re-designation process begins.

18), the National Music Publishing Association ( NMPA) responded to the letter in an email sent to members, in which it said DiMA’s “calls for change” were not “a good faith effort to make the MLC more effective and transparent.” “Make no mistake, when big tech says ‘course correct’ they mean a change to the carefully negotiated law to fund only MLC activities that benefit digital companies,” the letter continues. Since 2018, the MLC has done a great job building a rights organization that today represents thousands of rightsholders, administers over fifty blanket licenses and has distributed over $1.5 billion in royalties.

Get the Android app

Or read this on Billboard

Read more on:

Photo of mlc

mlc

Related news:

News photo

The MLC Sues Pandora to Recover Unpaid Royalties, Late Fees

News photo

MLC and DLC Begin First Re-Designation Process Since MMA Passage

News photo

The MLC Is Auditing Streaming Services for the First Time