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title: Does The MLC collect songwriter performance royalties?
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canonical: https://rapcanon.com/tools/royalty-coverage/mlc-pro_perf/
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retrieved: 2026-09-21
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> No. Explicit: The MLC does not administer performance rights or collect performance royalties.

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# 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.

 
See the full matrix for all 16 organisations →

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@misc{rapcanon-tools-royalty-coverage-mlc-pro-perf,
  title  = {Does The MLC collect songwriter performance royalties?},
  author = {{RapCanon}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://rapcanon.com/tools/royalty-coverage/mlc-pro_perf/},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-09-21}
}
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