prompt access to electronic and other 
records pertaining to the administration of 
a copyright owner’s musical works upon 
reasonable written request of such owner 
or the owner’s authorized representative. 
‘‘(4) TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF BLANKET LI-
CENSE.—A blanket license is subject to, and condi-
tioned upon, the following requirements: 
‘‘(A) ROYALTY
REPORTING
AND
PAY-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(i) MONTHLY
REPORTS
AND
PAY-
MENT.—A digital music provider shall re-
port and pay royalties to the mechanical li-
censing collective under the blanket license 
on a monthly basis in accordance with 
clause (ii) and subsection (c)(2)(I), but the 
monthly reporting shall be due 45 calendar 
days, rather than 20 calendar days, after 
the end of the monthly reporting period. 
‘‘(ii) DATA TO BE REPORTED.—In re-
porting usage of musical works to the me-
chanical licensing collective, a digital music 
provider shall provide usage data for musi-
cal works used under the blanket license 
and usage data for musical works used in
covered activities under voluntary licenses 
and individual download licenses. In the re-
port of usage, the digital music provider 
shall— 
‘‘(I) with respect to each sound 
recording 
embodying 
a 
musical 
work— 
‘‘(aa) provide identifying in-
formation for the sound record-
ing, including sound recording 
name, featured artist and, to the 
extent acquired by the digital 
music provider in connection with 
its use of sound recordings of 
musical works to engage in cov-
ered activities, including pursu-
ant to subparagraph (B), pro-
ducer, international standard re-
cording code, and other informa-
tion commonly used in the indus-
try to identify sound recordings 
and match them to the musical 
works the sound recordings em-
body;
‘‘(bb) to the extent acquired 
by the digital music provider in 
the metadata in connection with 
its use of sound recordings of 
musical works to engage in cov-
ered activities, including pursu-
ant to subparagraph (B), provide 
information concerning author-
ship and ownership of the appli-
cable rights in the musical work 
embodied in the sound recording 
(including each songwriter, pub-
lisher name, and respective own-
ership share) and the inter-
national standard musical work 
code; and 
‘‘(cc) provide the number of 
digital phonorecord deliveries of 
the sound recording, including 
limited downloads and interactive 
streams; 
‘‘(II) identify and provide contact 
information for all musical work copy-
right owners for works embodied in 
sound recordings as to which a vol-
untary license, rather than the blan-
ket license, is in effect with respect to 
the uses being reported; and 
‘‘(III) provide such other infor-
mation as the Register of Copyrights 
shall require by regulation. 
‘‘(iii) FORMAT AND MAINTENANCE OF 
REPORTS.—Reports of usage provided by 
digital music providers to the mechanical 
licensing collective shall be in a machine- 
readable format that is compatible with the 
information technology systems of the me-
chanical licensing collective and meets the 
requirements of regulations adopted by the 
Register of Copyrights. The Register shall 
also adopt regulations setting forth re-
quirements under which records of use 
shall be maintained and made available to 
the mechanical licensing collective by dig-
ital music providers engaged in covered ac-
tivities under a blanket license. 
‘‘(iv) ADOPTION OF REGULATIONS.— 
The Register shall adopt regulations— 
‘‘(I) setting forth requirements 
under which records of use shall be
maintained and made available to the 
mechanical licensing collective by dig-
ital music providers engaged in cov-
ered activities under a blanket license; 
and 
‘‘(II) regarding adjustments to 
reports of usage by digital music pro-
viders, including mechanisms to ac-
count for overpayment and under-
payment of royalties in prior periods. 
‘‘(B) COLLECTION OF SOUND RECORDING 
INFORMATION.—A digital music provider shall 
engage in good-faith, commercially reasonable 
efforts to obtain from copyright owners of 
sound recordings made available through the 
service of such digital music provider— 
‘‘(i) sound recording copyright owners, 
producers, international standard recording 
codes, and other information commonly 
used in the industry to identify sound re-
cordings and match them to the musical 
works the sound recordings embody; and 
‘‘(ii) information concerning the au-
thorship and ownership of musical works, 
including songwriters, publisher names,