To us, the fundamental success or failure of the MMA rests on its ability to create, oversee, and maintain a MUSICAL WORKS DATABASE, and identify and credit independent music creators (and their producers, engineers, and musicians who performed on those recordings!) correctly— which is almost entirely missed in any of the public endorsements by music celebrities or member organizations in the media so far.
Source: ALTERNATIVE TAKE: Music Modernization Act Database – Landmark Or Landmine?