New record label agreement lays groundwork for mechanical royalties payments
News | 01/11/2011 12:54 pm EST
A new framework for the payment of “mechanical royalties” to music rights holders has emerged from an agreement Monday for Canadian record labels to pay songwriters and music publishers $47.53 million for outstanding uncompensated use of reproductions of their works.
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