DEADLINE DECEMBER 5, 2018
Nashville, Tenn. (November 5, 2018) — Nominations are now open for songwriter-members
of the Board of Directors, Unclaimed Funds Committee and Dispute
Resolution Committee of the Music Licensing Collective (MLC) to be submitted to
the US Copyright Office for approval as established by the recently passed Music
Modernization Act. Prospective nominees can be submitted at
www.mlcsongwriters.com through 11:59pm CST, December 5, 2018.
Per the statutory requirements of the Music Modernization Act, a new digital music
mechanical licensing entity is being formed called the Music Licensing Collective
(MLC). By statute, there will be songwriter representatives on the Board of
Directors of the Music Licensing Collective (MLC) as well as the Unclaimed Funds
Committee and Dispute Resolution Committee. Four (4) self-published
songwriters will be selected for the Board of Directors; these positions require that
an individual be a professional songwriter who currently controls his/her own
publishing. Additionally, five (5) professional songwriters will be selected for the
Unclaimed Funds Committee and three (3) professional songwriters will be
selected for the Dispute Resolution Committee. (The only requirement for these
positions is that a songwriter be eligible to collect royalties in the US.)
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), Broadcast
Music Inc. (BMI), Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI),
Songwriter’s Guild of America (SGA) and Songwriters of North America (SONA)
have each named two songwriters to a ten-person selection committee to review
nominations, evaluate candidates through a multi-step process and ultimately
select songwriters for service to the original Board and Committees of the Music
Licensing Collective (MLC) that will then be submitted to the US Copyright
Office.
The selection committee members are Steve Bogard (NSAI), Rick Carnes
(SGA), Lynn Gillespie Chater (SGA), Dallas Davidson (BMI), Chris DeStefano
(NSAI), Bob DiPiero (BMI), Dan Foliart (ASCAP), Adam Gorgoni (SONA), Michelle
Lewis (SONA) and Paul Williams (ASCAP).
DIRECT INQUIRIES TO:
Jennifer Turnbow
615-256-3364
[email protected]
