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In United States copyright law, such mechanical licenses are compulsory; any party may obtain a license without permission of the license holder by paying a set license fee, that as of 2018, was set at 9.1 cents per composition or 1.75 cents per minute of composition, whichever is more, which are to go to the composition copyright holder. [1]
In 2021, MCPS delivered its highest distribution of royalties to publisher, song writer and composer members since 2012. Statutory accounts, published in 2021 show distributions for the year ended 31 December 2020 were £157.8m; a 10% increase of £14.4m from 2019. These strong returns reflect the growing demand for mechanical licensing globally.
AMCOS, which formed in 1979, is responsible for licensing musical works to third parties who reproduce music via CD, DVD, vinyl recording, downloading, streaming or other digital means of reproduction, issuing what are known as mechanical rights and distributing mechanical royalties to writers and publishers of music and overseas affiliates.
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Music Reports, a US-based music rights licensing company; Motion Picture Licensing Corporation (MPLC) SESAC, a US-based performance rights association; SoundExchange, a digital performance rights association (non-interactive radio) Pro Music Rights, a US-based performance rights association
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It also created (codified in Section 1(e)) [4] the first compulsory mechanical license to allow anyone to make a mechanical reproduction (known today as a phonorecord) of a musical composition without the consent of the copyright owner provided that the person adhered to the provisions of the license.
Helms received performance royalties from the single — Kleiman says "Bobby was a thankful man” — but he and Garland probably missed out on a sizable payday for their songwriting.