Today, the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) has reminded the world why it thinks it deserves to run the MLC, and has been backed by a raft of music industry players, including Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony/ATV and Warner Music Group. The NMPA, in tandem with the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) and the Songwriters of North America (SONA) says it is being supported in its bid by the “overwhelming majority of copyright holders who together represent the majority of musical works in the US”.
Source: Music Modernization Act: Labels and publishers back NMPA’s bid to run new mechanical rights society