Happy New License Availability Date!

If you’ve gotten accustomed to regular mechanical royalty checks every month or quarter paid directly to you (or your publisher) by streaming services or for downloads like iTunes, fasten your seatbelt. You may have some surprises coming in this time of the pandemic when money’s too tight to mention as Simply Red might say. The way it looks at the moment, if you don’t pay to “Play Your Part” with the mechanical licensing collective (or more precisely with The MLC, Inc.) those payments may disappear and you may be forgotten. We will be drilling down on this issue in coming weeks and months, but Apple Music has played their part in bringing the new new thing into sharp focus.

Read More: https://musictechpolicy.com/2021/01/04/happy-new-license-availability-date/