Royalty coverage

Does The MLC collect songwriter performance royalties?

Does not

Explicit: The MLC does not administer performance rights or collect performance royalties.

What this stream is. Paid when the composition is performed or broadcast. Split into a writer share and a publisher share, and those two halves can be collected by different parties.

What bites on this stream specifically

  • The mirror image of the PRO trap: The MLC pays no performance royalties at all.

4 further traps on The MLC's other streams are on the matrix.

Read from The MLC's own documentation on 2026-08-13. Check it yourself, and if it has changed, tell us.

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