CO Recommends MLC Transparency, Outreach
The Mechanical Licensing Collective should maximize outreach and transparency to reduce incidence of unclaimed royalties, the Copyright Office recommended Thursday. CO's report responds to the Music Modernization Act (see 2102110040). It recommended publicity about the MMA, the MLC, the blanket…
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license and the public musical works database. It said the database should be “simple, accessible and well-organized.” The data should be “complete, accurate, up-to-date and de-conflicted as possible,” the office said: The MLC “should adopt transparent, practical, and equitable policies, practices, and procedures, especially with respect to holding and distributing unclaimed royalties.”