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Connecting with The MLC is free and easy!If you’re a songwriter, composer, or lyricist, or someone who works for a company that manages musical works (songs) by handling publishing rights, work registrations, and royalties, The MLC wants to connect with you!
Step 1: Sign Up as a User for The MLC Portal
During this first step, we’ll ask you to share some personal information with us so we can verify your identity. Once we’ve completed the verification process, we’ll ask you to set up a username and password. You’ll use these credentials to log in to The MLC Portal.
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Step 2: Tell Us About You
The next step is to answer a series of questions about the role you play with respect to songs so we can set you up with access to the right Hub.
The Member Hub: If you're entitled to collect U.S. digital audio mechanical royalties from The MLC, you'll be given access to our Member Hub, where you can Connect to Collect®, which means create a Member profile, access our suite of tools, and view your royalty statements.
The Songwriter Hub: If you're a creator with a publisher or administrator collecting your royalties on your behalf — or you work with creators — you'll be given access to our Songwriter Hub, where you can organize and export your catalog, submit corrections to help ensure we have accurate information about your songs, and more.
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Not sure which Hub is right for you? Contact our Support Team, who will be happy to help you decide.
The MLC's Tools
The MLC offers a suite of tools to help you find, register, claim, and manage your musical works (aka song) data so you can collect the digital audio mechanical royalties you've earned. Whether you're a Member or simply checking song information, these tools make it easy to Play Your Part.
Missing Member Lookup
Missing Member Lookup is a database of rightsholders that are not yet Members of The MLC who may be entitled to collect U.S. digital audio mechanical royalties. To see if The MLC may have royalties for you, enter your rightsholder information to search.
