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.