music publisher member may be 
owned by, or under common control 
with, any other board member. 
‘‘(II) Four voting members shall 
be professional songwriters who have 
retained and exercise exclusive rights 
of reproduction and distribution with 
respect to covered activities with re-
spect to musical works they have au-
thored. 
‘‘(III) One nonvoting member 
shall be a representative of the non-
profit trade association of music pub-
lishers that represents the greatest 
percentage of the licensor market for 
uses of musical works in covered ac-
tivities, as measured over the pre-
ceding 3 full calendar years. 
‘‘(IV) One nonvoting member 
shall be a representative of the digital 
licensee coordinator, provided that a 
digital licensee coordinator has been 
designated pursuant to paragraph 
(5)(B). 
Otherwise, 
the 
nonvoting 
member shall be the nonprofit trade 
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association of digital licensees that 
represents the greatest percentage of 
the licensee market for uses of musi-
cal works in covered activities, as 
measured over the preceding 3 full 
calendar years. 
‘‘(V) 
One 
nonvoting 
member 
shall be a representative of a nation-
ally recognized nonprofit trade asso-
ciation whose primary mission is advo-
cacy on behalf of songwriters in the 
United States. 
‘‘(ii) BOARD
MEETINGS.—The board 
of directors shall meet no less than 2 times 
per year and discuss matters pertinent to 
the operations, including the mechanical li-
censing collective budget. 
‘‘(iii) OPERATIONS
ADVISORY
COM-
MITTEE.—The board of directors of the 
mechanical licensing collective shall estab-
lish an operations advisory committee con-
sisting of no fewer than 6 members to 
make recommendations to the board of di-
rectors concerning the operations of the 
mechanical licensing collective, including 
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the efficient investment in and deployment 
of information technology and data re-
sources. Such committee shall have an 
equal number of members of the committee 
who are— 
‘‘(I) musical work copyright own-
ers who are appointed by the board of 
directors of the mechanical licensing 
collective; and 
‘‘(II) representatives of digital 
music providers who are appointed by 
the digital licensee coordinator. 
‘‘(iv) UNCLAIMED
ROYALTIES
OVER-
SIGHT COMMITTEE.—The board of direc-
tors of the mechanical licensing collective 
shall establish and appoint an unclaimed 
royalties oversight committee consisting of 
10 members, 5 of which shall be musical 
work copyright owners and 5 of which 
shall be professional songwriters whose 
works are used in covered activities. 
‘‘(v) 
DISPUTE
RESOLUTION
COM-
MITTEE.—The board of directors of the 
mechanical licensing collective shall estab-
lish and appoint a dispute resolution com-
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mittee consisting of no fewer than 6 mem-
bers, which committee shall include an 
equal number of representatives of musical 
work copyright owners and professional 
songwriters. 
‘‘(vi) MECHANICAL
LICENSING
COL-
LECTIVE
ANNUAL
REPORT.—Not later 
than June 30 of each year commencing 
after the license availability date, the me-
chanical licensing collective shall post, and 
make available online for a period of at 
least 3 years, an annual report that sets 
forth how the collective operates, how roy-
alties are collected and distributed, and the 
collective total costs for the preceding cal-
endar year. At the time of posting, a copy 
of the report shall be provided to the Reg-
ister of Copyrights. 
‘‘(E) MUSICAL WORKS DATABASE.— 
‘‘(i) ESTABLISHMENT
AND
MAINTE-
NANCE OF DATABASE.—The mechanical li-
censing collective shall establish and main-
tain a database containing information re-
lating to musical works (and shares of 
such works) and, to the extent known, the 
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identity and location of the copyright own-
ers of such works (and shares thereof) and 
the sound recordings in which the musical 
works are embodied. In furtherance of 
maintaining such database, the mechanical 
licensing collective shall engage in efforts 
to identify the musical works embodied in 
particular sound recordings, as well as to 
identify and locate the copyright owners of 
such works (and shares thereof), and up-
date such data as appropriate. 
‘‘(ii) MATCHED WORKS.—With respect 
to musical works (and shares thereof) that 
have been matched to copyright owners, 
the musical works database shall include— 
‘‘(I) the title of the musical work; 
‘‘(II) the copyright owner of the 
work (or share thereof), and such 
owner’s ownership percentage; 
‘‘(III) contact information for 
such copyright owner; 
‘‘(IV) to the extent reasonably 
available to the mechanical licensing 
collective— 
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‘‘(aa) 
the 
international 
standard musical work code for 
the work; and 
‘‘(bb) identifying informa-
tion for sound recordings in 
which the musical work is em-
bodied, including the name of the 
sound recording, featured artist, 
sound recording copyright owner, 
international standard recording 
code, and other information com-
monly used to assist in associ-
ating sound recordings with mu-
sical works; and 
‘‘(V) such other information as 
the Register of Copyrights may pre-
scribe by regulation. 
‘‘(iii) UNMATCHED WORKS.—With re-
spect to unmatched musical works (and 
shares of works) in the database, the musi-
cal works database shall include— 
‘‘(I) to the extent reasonably 
available to the mechanical licensing 
collective— 
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‘‘(aa) the title of the musical 
work; 
‘‘(bb) the ownership percent-
age for which an owner has not 
been identified; 
‘‘(cc) if a copyright owner 
has been identified but not lo-
cated, the identity of such owner 
and such owner’s ownership per-
centage; 
‘‘(dd) identifying informa-
tion for sound recordings in 
which the work is embodied, in-
cluding sound recording name, 
featured artist, sound recording 
copyright 
owner, 
international 
standard recording code, and 
other information commonly used 
to assist in associating sound re-
cordings with musical works; and 
‘‘(ee) any additional infor-
mation reported to the mechan-
ical licensing collective that may 
assist in identifying the work; 
and 
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‘‘(II) such other information re-
lating to the identity and ownership of 
musical works (and shares of such 
works) as the Register of Copyrights 
may prescribe by regulation. 
‘‘(iv) SOUND
RECORDING
INFORMA-
TION.—Each 
musical 
work 
copyright 
owner with any musical work listed in the 
musical works database shall engage in 
commercially reasonable efforts to deliver 
to the mechanical licensing collective, in-
cluding for use in the musical works data-
base, to the extent such information is not 
then available in the database, information 
regarding the names of the sound record-
ings in which that copyright owner’s musi-
cal works (or shares thereof) are embodied, 
to the extent practicable. 
‘‘(v) ACCESSIBILITY OF DATABASE.— 
The musical works database shall be made 
available to members of the public in a 
searchable, online format, free of charge. 
The mechanical licensing collective shall 
make such database available in a bulk, 
machine-readable format, through a widely 
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available software application, to the fol-
lowing entities: 
‘‘(I) Digital music providers oper-
ating under the authority of valid no-
tices of license, free of charge. 
‘‘(II) Significant nonblanket li-
censees in compliance with their obli-
gations under paragraph (6), free of 
charge. 
‘‘(III) Authorized vendors of the 
entities described in subclauses (I) 
and (II), free of charge. 
‘‘(IV) The Register of Copy-
rights, free of charge (but the Reg-
ister shall not treat such database or 
any information therein as a Govern-
ment record). 
‘‘(V) Any member of the public, 
for a fee not to exceed the marginal 
cost to the mechanical licensing collec-
tive of providing the database to such 
person. 
‘‘(vi) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
The Register of Copyrights shall establish 
requirements by regulations to ensure the 
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usability, interoperability, and usage re-
strictions of the musical works database. 
‘‘(F) NOTICES
OF
LICENSE
AND
NON-
BLANKET ACTIVITY.— 
‘‘(i) NOTICES OF LICENSES.—The me-
chanical licensing collective shall receive, 
review, and confirm or reject notices of li-
cense from digital music providers, as pro-
vided in paragraph (2)(A). The collective 
shall maintain a current, publicly acces-
sible list of blanket licenses that includes 
contact information for the licensees and 
the effective dates of such licenses. 
‘‘(ii) NOTICES OF NONBLANKET AC-
TIVITY.—The mechanical licensing collec-
tive shall receive notices of nonblanket ac-
tivity from significant nonblanket licensees, 
as provided in paragraph (6)(A). The col-
lective shall maintain a current, publicly 
accessible list of notices of nonblanket ac-
tivity that includes contact information for 
significant nonblanket licensees and the 
dates of receipt of such notices. 
‘‘(G) COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF 
ROYALTIES.— 
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Upon receiving re-
ports of usage and payments of royalties 
from digital music providers for covered 
activities, the mechanical licensing collec-
tive shall— 
‘‘(I) engage in efforts to— 
‘‘(aa) identify the musical 
works embodied in sound record-
ings reflected in such reports, 
and the copyright owners of such 
musical works (and shares there-
of); 
‘‘(bb) confirm uses of musi-
cal works subject to voluntary li-
censes and individual download 
licenses, and the corresponding 
pro rata amounts to be deducted 
from royalties that would other-
wise be due under the blanket li-
cense; and 
‘‘(cc) confirm proper pay-
ment of royalties due; 
‘‘(II) distribute royalties to copy-
right owners in accordance with the 
usage and other information contained 
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in such reports, as well as the owner-
ship and other information contained 
in the records of the collective; and 
‘‘(III) deposit into an interest- 
bearing account, as provided in sub-
paragraph (H)(ii), royalties that can-
not be distributed due to— 
‘‘(aa) an inability to identify 
or locate a copyright owner of a 
musical work (or share thereof); 
or 
‘‘(bb) a pending dispute be-
fore the dispute resolution com-
mittee of the mechanical licens-
ing collective. 
‘‘(ii) OTHER COLLECTION EFFORTS.— 
Any royalties recovered by the mechanical 
licensing collective as a result of efforts to 
enforce rights or obligations under a blan-
ket license, including through a bankruptcy 
proceeding or other legal action, shall be 
distributed to copyright owners based on 
available usage information and in accord-
ance with the procedures described in sub-
clauses (I) and (II) of clause (i), on a pro 
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rata basis in proportion to the overall per-
centage recovery of the total royalties 
owed, with any pro rata share of royalties 
that cannot be distributed deposited in an 
interest-bearing account as provided in 
subparagraph (H)(ii). 
‘‘(H) HOLDING
OF
ACCRUED
ROYAL-
TIES.— 
‘‘(i) HOLDING PERIOD.—The mechan-
ical licensing collective shall hold accrued 
royalties associated with particular musical 
works (and shares of works) that remain 
unmatched for a period of at least 3 years 
after the date on which the funds were re-
ceived by the mechanical licensing collec-
tive, or at least 3 years after the date on 
which they were accrued by a digital music 
provider that subsequently transferred 
such funds to the mechanical licensing col-
lective pursuant to paragraph (10)(B), 
whichever period expires sooner. 
‘‘(ii) INTEREST-BEARING ACCOUNT.— 
Accrued royalties for unmatched works 
(and shares thereof) shall be maintained 
by the mechanical licensing collective in an 
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