The MLC’s Distributor Unmatched Recordings Portal Surpasses 100 Partners

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The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC)’s Distributor Unmatched Recordings Portal (DURP) has now surpassed 100 partners.

These partners serve customers in over 20 countries, and include music distributors Believe, CD Baby, DistroKid, Empire, ONErpm, The Orchard and TuneCore.

Since its launch, the DURP has sought to provide The MLC with an efficient and effective way to identify independent, self-administered songwriters who are not yet receiving their digital audio mechanical royalties. Distributor partners receive access to a portion of The MLC’s public data that pertains specifically to sound recordings they have distributed to help them identify their customers who own those recordings, and may also be entitled to receive a share of the unmatched mechanical royalties The MLC has accumulated for the songs embodied in those recordings. Participating distributors can then notify their customers about the unclaimed royalties associated with their sound recordings and potentially encourage them to become members and register their songs with The MLC, so that they can receive the unmatched royalties associated with their work.

Distributors that provide publishing administration services can also offer these additional services to their customers, enabling those customers to engage their distributor to collect their mechanical royalties from The MLC on their behalf.

Through the DURP, millions of dollars in previously unmatched royalties have been identified and distributed to these songwriters.

“Surpassing 100 distributor partners worldwide is a testament to the value the DURP provides to independent creators and their distributors,” says Dae Bogan, Head of Third-Party Partnerships, The MLC. “By simplifying the process of identifying and claiming unmatched royalties, we’re helping ensure every dollar reaches its rightful owner.”

“The DURP is a first-of-its-kind initiative that was born out of Dae’s well-known and long-held passion for serving and empowering independent music creators,” adds Kris Ahrend, CEO, The MLC. “This initiative is a great example of The MLC’s willingness to collaborate with other companies in the industry to find new and innovative ways to fulfill our mission of ensuring that songwriters and their partners receive the digital audio mechanical royalties they have earned.”

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