The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) licenses and collects U.S. interactive streaming mechanical royalties from services like Spotify and Apple Music for songwriters and music publishers. It also maintains a public database of musical works and manages claiming and unmatched royalty identification for the U.S. digital mechanical landscape.
The MLC does not collect or distribute mechanical royalties for any services that involve video (such as YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Snap, or Peloton), nor does it cover physical sales, vinyl, CDs, permanent downloads, or any international mechanical royalties - even when those uses occur on the same major platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, or social media services.
AllTrack makes global mechanical royalty collection easy by managing U.S. mechanical collections from the MLC, direct licenses with major social media and fitness platforms, and registrations with international CMOs worldwide for all international uses. With just one song registration at AllTrack, creators can be confident their works are properly matched, registered, and paid across all major services and territories. No multiple admin deals, and no fragmented collection systems. AllTrack gives songwriters and publishers a turnkey, modern solution that captures all of their mechanical royalties everywhere in the world with minimal effort.