Authorization from a music publisher or song writer to record and distribute a song. Compare to compulsory mechanical license.
The license issued by a publisher or his agent, usually to a record company, granting the record company the right to record and release a specific composition at an agreed-upon fee per unit manufactured and sold
a clearance to reproduce and distribute copies of the song, which are among the exclusive rights that come with copyright ownership
a compulsory license through which owners of copyrights in musical works are paid for the reproduction and distribution of their compositions' phonorecords
a "negotiated license" between the publisher of a song and the record company for the first time use or release of the composition
A simple contract from the publisher to the artist stating that the publisher gives the artist a right to record the song and will be responsible for collecting royalties from the sales revenue sources the song may earn. At present the mechanical royalty rate is .069, (almost 7 cents) per unit (cassette, CD or video) sold, to the publisher. The publisher then divides this amount. They get half, you get half. Publisher and writer is a marriage and on every document copyright, (publisher owns but you are the Author) mechanical (Right to record), Writers Contract ( Right to publish) and licensing contract (right to collect performance royalties) Publisher and writer are both noted on each and both gets half.
A mechanical license is a (often required) license that grants certain limited permissions to work with, study, improve upon, reinterprete, re-record (etc.) something that is not either a free/open source item or in the public domain.
