Periodic Review of the Designations of the Mechanical Licensing Collective and Digital Licensee Coordinator

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Library of Congress Copyright Office [Docket No. 2024-1] AGENCY: U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress. ( printed page 33209) ACTION: Notice of continuing designation. SUMMARY: The U.S. Copyright Office, as required by the Music Modernization Act, has completed its first periodic review of the existing designations of the mechanical licensing collective and digital licensee coordinator and has determined that both designations should be continued. DATES: Effective June 3, 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rhea Efthimiadis, Assistant to the General Counsel, by email at USCOGeneralCounsel@copyright.gov or telephone at (202) 707-8350. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction Prior to the passage of the Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act (“MMA”) in 2018, there was “a widespread perception that our [music] licensing system [was] broken,”  [ 1 ] especially as “music copyright and licensing laws [were] too difficult to comply with and d[id] not adequately reward the artists and professionals responsible for creating American music.”  [ 2 ] The cornerstone of the MMA's reforms was the creation of the new section 115 statutory blanket license. To administer this license, the MMA provided for the establishment of a “mechanical licensing collective,” a new entity that could centralize the collection and distribution of blanket license royalties and establish and maintain a publicly accessible dat…