Mechanical Licensing Collective
E397616
The Mechanical Licensing Collective is a U.S. nonprofit organization that administers blanket mechanical licenses and collects and distributes digital audio mechanical royalties to songwriters and music publishers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mechanical Licensing Collective canonical | 2 |
| mechanical licensing collective | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3900472 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mechanical Licensing Collective Context triple: [Music Modernization Act, creates, Mechanical Licensing Collective]
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A.
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a major U.S. performing rights organization that protects the copyrights and manages the licensing and royalties of its songwriter, composer, and music publisher members.
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B.
MPL Music Publishing
MPL Music Publishing is a music publishing company that operates as a division of MPL Communications, managing and licensing song catalogs and related rights.
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C.
MCA Music Publishing
MCA Music Publishing was a major music publishing company known for managing and licensing a wide catalog of songs and compositions across various genres.
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D.
GEMA
GEMA was a German company known for pioneering and manufacturing early radar systems, particularly for military and naval applications before and during World War II.
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E.
Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Sony/ATV Music Publishing is a major global music publishing company, historically co-owned by Sony and the estate of Michael Jackson, that manages and licenses a vast catalog of songs and compositions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mechanical Licensing Collective Target entity description: The Mechanical Licensing Collective is a U.S. nonprofit organization that administers blanket mechanical licenses and collects and distributes digital audio mechanical royalties to songwriters and music publishers.
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A.
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a major U.S. performing rights organization that protects the copyrights and manages the licensing and royalties of its songwriter, composer, and music publisher members.
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B.
MPL Music Publishing
MPL Music Publishing is a music publishing company that operates as a division of MPL Communications, managing and licensing song catalogs and related rights.
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C.
MCA Music Publishing
MCA Music Publishing was a major music publishing company known for managing and licensing a wide catalog of songs and compositions across various genres.
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D.
GEMA
GEMA was a German company known for pioneering and manufacturing early radar systems, particularly for military and naval applications before and during World War II.
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E.
Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Sony/ATV Music Publishing is a major global music publishing company, historically co-owned by Sony and the estate of Michael Jackson, that manages and licenses a vast catalog of songs and compositions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
collective management organization
ⓘ
nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The MLC ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
digital audio services operating in the United States
ⓘ
digital download services ⓘ interactive streaming services ⓘ |
| beneficiary |
administrators of musical works
ⓘ
music publishers ⓘ songwriters ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designatedBy |
United States Copyright Office
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Copyright Office
|
| excludes |
public performance royalties
ⓘ
synchronization licenses ⓘ |
| focusesOn | U.S. mechanical rights for musical compositions in digital formats ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Music Modernization Act ⓘ |
| fundingSource | administrative assessment paid by digital service providers ⓘ |
| hasLegalBasis |
Music Modernization Act
ⓘ
surface form:
Title I of the Music Modernization Act
U.S. copyright law ⓘ |
| hasScope | mechanical royalties for musical works used in digital audio transmissions ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfLicense | blanket mechanical license ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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surface form:
Nashville, Tennessee
|
| inception | 2019 ⓘ |
| industry |
copyright administration
ⓘ
music industry ⓘ music licensing ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United States mechanical licensing system ⓘ |
| legalForm | nonprofit corporation ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| operatesAs | designated mechanical licensing collective under U.S. law ⓘ |
| operatesUnder | blanket mechanical license created by the Music Modernization Act ⓘ |
| purpose |
administer blanket mechanical licenses for digital audio services in the United States
ⓘ
collect digital audio mechanical royalties ⓘ distribute digital audio mechanical royalties to songwriters and music publishers ⓘ |
| regulatesRelationshipWith | digital service providers ⓘ |
| serviceProvided |
collecting mechanical royalties from digital service providers
ⓘ
distributing mechanical royalties to copyright owners ⓘ engaging in outreach and education to songwriters and publishers ⓘ handling historical unmatched royalties ⓘ maintaining a public musical works database ⓘ matching sound recording data to musical works data ⓘ providing a portal for music publishers and administrators ⓘ providing a portal for self-administered songwriters ⓘ |
| shortName | MLC ⓘ |
| subjectOf | U.S. federal regulations on mechanical licensing ⓘ |
| website | https://www.themlc.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Mechanical Licensing Collective Description of subject: The Mechanical Licensing Collective is a U.S. nonprofit organization that administers blanket mechanical licenses and collects and distributes digital audio mechanical royalties to songwriters and music publishers.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
mechanical licensing collective