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REVIEW
Applicable laws, regulations and resources
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- Review Section 115 of the Copyright Act, related federal regulations Copyright Office Regulations, Copyright Royalty Board Regulations, and information provided on The MLC’s DSP Resources Page
- Consult a business advisor and/or an attorney
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CONTACT
The MLC's DSP Relations Team with any questions
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- The MLC’s DSP Relations Team is available via email at dsp.relations@themlc.com to help answer any preliminary questions
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SUBMIT
A notice to The MLC before engaging in covered activities
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- Disclose Service Configurations; include in Notice of License, Notice of Nonblanket Activity or via the standalone Service Configuration Form
- Include the accurate expected date when you will make initial use of musical works in consumer offerings that will be subject to the Blanket License
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PAY
Annual minimum license fee
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- The MLC’s Finance team will provide invoice and payment instructions
- Upon receipt of invoice, payment is due immediately
- Contact finance@themlc.com with payment-related questions
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PARTICIPATE
In onboarding call with DSP Relations Team
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- Reach out to dsp.relations@themlc.com to set up this meeting
- Introduce key team members and review upcoming deadlines, requirements and expectations
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FOLLOW
Instructions on how to set up submissions of usage reporting data
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- You will need to connect to The MLC’s production and test (QA) SFTP sites
- Provide at least one email address of a designated technical contact to be listed on The MLC’s SFTP Notification Recipients list in the event of a reporting error.
- The MLC will issue time-sensitive keys for contact(s) to access SFTP sites. Note: these keys expire in 24 hours and can only be accessed through an SFTP client.
- Submit test usage to QA SFTP (optional, but highly preferred)
- Test usage should be delivered at least 3 weeks prior to first usage reporting deadline.