https://wearethemusicmakers.co/latest Music tech and AI in music: the news that matters, what we think about it, and a directory of the tools. en-us Thu, 15 Oct 2026 05:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/phonorecords-v-streaming-rate-proposals-2028-2032 https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/phonorecords-v-streaming-rate-proposals-2028-2032 Publishers want a 20% headline streaming mechanical rate for 2028 to 2032. Spotify, Apple, Google and Pandora want to keep 15.35%, and Amazon wants it cut to 13.4%. Meanwhile, a deal on CD, vinyl and download rates, struck mostly by labels and their sister publishers, is being challenged by the independent songwriters it left out. Thu, 15 Oct 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers industrysongwritersroyaltiescrbstreamingmechanicals https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/08/mlc-unclaimed-mechanicals-market-share-2027 https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/08/mlc-unclaimed-mechanicals-market-share-2027 The Mechanical Licensing Collective plans to start paying out unmatched and unclaimed US streaming mechanicals by market share in 2027, beginning with January 2021 usage. Money that nobody has claimed by then goes to whoever already earns the most. Here is how to register, match and claim before it does. Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers artist-rightsmlcsongwritersroyaltiesmechanicals