S. 2823: Music Modernization Act

115th Congress

A bill to modernize copyright law, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen. Orrin Hatch — R — UT

S. 2823 would eliminate notice-of-intent licensing for digital musical works and direct the Copyright Office to designate a nonprofit entity—a mechanical licensing collective, or MLC—to administer a new blanket-licensing system. Under such a license, a digital music provider could use certain copyrighted musical works without filing a notice of intent to do so. S. 2823 also would require the MLC to collect royalties from digital music providers using the blanket license and distribute them to copyright owners.

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