Generally, if you have an agreement with a publishing administration service, the service will register your musical works (songs) with The MLC and collect your share of royalties on your behalf. Please contact the service you have signed up with directly to confirm registration of your shares of songs with The MLC. You can also look up your songs using our Public Work Search to confirm that they have been registered and that your publishing administrator has claimed your shares.
Please note that if your shares of songs are not subject to an agreement with a publisher, publishing administrator, or publishing administration service and you retain administration rights, your shares of these songs are said to be“self-administered.” You will need to join The MLC as a self-administered songwriter and register your share of the songs in order to collect your share of digital mechanical royalties payable by The MLC.
Please also keep in mind that some of the companies offering publishing administration services also offer other services such as digital sound recording distribution. Be sure you understand which companies and services you have signed up for.