Time to Delete the Streaming Mechanical? Here’s a Case for Ditching the License and Sunsetting the MLC

‘Only the songwriters suffer in this messed up, inequitable streaming licensing scheme,’ says Jody Dunitz, a former exec at Sony Music Publishing. Here’s her case for nixing the mechanical, sunsetting the MLC, and shifting the action to ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and other PROs. This year has featured lots of handwringing about Spotify’s bundling antics and […]