{"id":98700,"date":"2024-02-13T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=98700"},"modified":"2024-02-13T12:49:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T12:49:13","slug":"the-streaming-service-pandora-faces-legal-action-from-the-mlc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/the-streaming-service-pandora-faces-legal-action-from-the-mlc\/","title":{"rendered":"The Streaming Service Pandora Faces Legal Action From The MLC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2><span style=\"color:#3366FF\">The MLC has issued legal action against Pandora due to failure in reporting and paying out all their owed Mechanical Royalties.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In January 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/the-mlc-issues-notice-of-intent-to-audit-multiple-streaming-services-on-the-accuracy-of-their-royalty-payments\/\">the MLC issued a notice of intent<\/a> to audit multiple streaming services on the accuracy of their royalty payments. Their aim being to recover any royalties that may be due under the MLC\u2019s original compulsory mechanical blanket license that was issued back in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MLC has stated that as of 12th February, 2024 \u201cPandora has failed to report and pay all of the mechanical royalties it owes\u201d on their ad-supported interactive music model <strong>\u201cPandora Free.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MLC repeatedly raised this issue with Pandora, and they have yet to receive the correct reporting or payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Why is this important for Writers and Composers?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The MLC is currently in the process of auditing over 50 DSPs including <strong>Spotify, Amazon and Apple<\/strong> meaning any royalties that may have been lost within the system over the past 3 years are being discovered and paid out to the correct rights holders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The legal action against Pandora not only ensures that MLC members are receiving all their mechanical royalties owed from Pandora itself, but that all DSPs need to follow suit if they want to avoid legal action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At <strong>RouteNote Publishing<\/strong>, we can collect your US Mechanical Royalties from the MLC, as well as collect further royalties worldwide along with your global <strong>Performance Royalties and Neighbouring Rights<\/strong> on request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Want To Join Our Service?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/are-you-eligible-for-routenote-publishing\/\"><strong>See if you\u2019re eligible for RouteNote Publishing here!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MLC has issued legal action against Pandora due to failure in reporting and paying out all their owed Mechanical Royalties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":98701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[33],"tags":[2500],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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