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title: Does BMI collect US mechanical royalties?
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> No. BMI states plainly that mechanical royalties and synchronisation fees are paid directly to the copyright owner, not through BMI.

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# Does BMI collect US mechanical royalties?

 
 
Does not

 
BMI states plainly that mechanical royalties and synchronisation fees are paid directly to the copyright owner, not through BMI.

 
 
What this stream is. The songwriting side of a US stream, paid under the statutory blanket licence administered by The MLC. Separate from the recording payment above, and paid to whoever registered the WORK.

 What bites on this stream specifically - ★ Same headline trap as ASCAP: performance only, zero mechanicals.
 
2 further traps on BMI's other streams are on the matrix.
 
 
Read from BMI's own documentation on 2026-08-13. Check it yourself, and if it has changed, tell us.

 
See the full matrix for all 16 organisations →

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  title  = {Does BMI collect US mechanical royalties?},
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  year   = {2026},
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  note   = {Accessed: 2026-09-21}
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