MMA

THE TWO SIDES OF COPYRIGHT

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sound recording copyright

song composition copyright

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H.R. 1551, the Orrin G. Hatch–Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act

Title I - The Music Modernization Act

Title III -The AMP Act

Title II -The Classics Protection and Access Act

provides new exclusive federal protections for sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972

The AMP Act directs requires SoundExchange to pay royalties to producers and recording engineers upon receipt of "letters of direction” from recording artists who have agreements to distribute a portion of the royalties they receive to any contracted producer who was involved in the creative process of making a sound recording

(i) creates a streaming mechanical blanket license

(ii) creates the Mechanical Licensing Collective to administer the blanket license and make various improvements to royalty rate proceedings

(iii) raises the statutory mechanical royalty rate incrementally over five years from 11.4% to 15.1%

3 STREAMING ROYALTIES

1. Sound Recording Royalty

2. Song Performance Royalty

3. Song Mechanical Royalty

THE BUSINESS OF SONGWRITING & MUSIC PRODUCTION