The U.S.-based collection society, which was recently accepted into CISAC, is expanding its services beyond performance royalty collection.
Through DiMA, streamers are pushing the false idea that the Mechanical Licensing Collective was meant to be “neutral” when it comes to enforcing copyright owners' rights.
A House judiciary committee hearing with industry leaders rehashed the MMA's successes and criticism of the Mechanical Licensing Collective it created.
Jeffries, who will succeed Nancy Pelosi in the role, has co-sponsored key pieces of creator-friendly legislation including the Music Modernization Act.
Regulators want to clear up uncertainty about who gets paid streaming royalties when songwriters take back their music rights – a trickier question than it sounds.