Kara DioGuardi: The `Industry Consensus MLC` Gives Indie and Published Songwriters a Voice (Guest Op-Ed)
(WorldNews Music)

Most songwriters and artists have hopefully by now heard of the Music Modernization Act (MMA) which was signed into law last fall. The bill directed songwriters, publishers and digital services to come together to form a collective which will be responsible for licensing mechanical rights, paying royalties and creating a database of copyright ownership information. This collective is referred to as the Mechanical Licensing Collection (MLC). For songwriters this new collective is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It gives us a seat at the table and a way to oversee our own royalties in lock step with publishers, something that I`ve never seen in my twenty year career. And it provides the...