Sentence examples for mechanical licensing from inspiring English sources

"…a blanket statutory license administered by a nonprofit mechanical licensing collective.

RightsFlow also powers Limelight (www.songclearance.com), its online mechanical licensing utility providing the simplest way for musicians, bands, choirs and labels to clear any cover song.

Whoever Spotify hired to undertake the mechanical process of mechanical licensing, millions of unlicensed songs strongly suggests that someone at Spotify decided to go forward without complying with the law.

However, it's not entirely clear whether Spotify even needs a mechanical license to stream music.

When an artist wishes to record the song, they must apply for a mechanical license to do so from the relevant agency, and pay a licensing fee.

If the music publisher succeeds in getting a song recorded, the songwriter then grants the backers of the recording — a record label, generally — what's known as a "mechanical license".

According to TechDirt's breakdown of the suit, Lowery is arguing that Spotify is failing to obtain the necessary mechanical licenses for many of the compositions in its database, including some of his; the case may hinge, among other issues, on whether the company properly complied with technical requirements for situations in which it didn't know who the copyright holders were.

In what is known as a "mechanical" license -- an irony not lost on the digital services -- anyone can make a reproduction of a music composition so long as he or she notifies the music publisher and pays a royalty set by the United States Copyright Office.

Wixen had also claimed that Spotify "neither obtained a direct or compulsory mechanical license" for the use of its artists' works.

Spotify, like other digital services, didn't follow the procedures for these mechanical licenses, which led to the class action lawsuit and settlement.

It also this year snatched up music licensing platform Loudr to help it be better prepared for the technical challenges that come with tracking rights, and specifically the mechanical licenses, which have been the issue in numerous legal claims.