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The U.S. Copyright Office is announcing receipt of notices of intent to conduct audits pursuant to the section 115 blanket license.
U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Public notice.
The U.S. Copyright Office is announcing receipt of notices of intent to conduct audits pursuant to the section 115 blanket license.
Rhea Efthimiadis, Assistant to the General Counsel, by email at meft@copyright.gov or telephone at 202-707-8350.
The Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act (“MMA”) substantially amended the compulsory “mechanical” license for reproducing and distributing phonorecords of nondramatic musical works, including by creating a new blanket license administered by a mechanical licensing collective (“MLC”).[1] The MMA allows the MLC to periodically audit digital music providers (“DMPs”) operating under the blanket license to verify the accuracy of the DMPs' royalty payments made to the MLC.[2] To commence an audit, a notice must be filed with the Office and delivered to each party being audited. The Office must then cause notice to be published in the Federal Register within 45 days of receipt.[3]
On December 26, 2025, the MLC submitted a notice of intent to conduct audits for the following DMPs for the period beginning on January 1, 2022 and ending on December 31, 2024:
1. CheckTheVolume.com;
2. MedRhythms, Inc.; and
3. Music Health Pty Ltd.
A copy of each notice will be made available on the Office's website at copyright.gov/music-modernization/audits/.
Dated: February 3, 2026.
Emily Chapuis,
General Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights.
1. Public Law 115-264, 132 Stat. 3676 (2018); 17 U.S.C. 115.
Back to Citation3. Id. at 115(d)(3)(L)(i)(IV), (d)(4)(D)(i)(IV).
Back to Citation[FR Doc. 2026-02298 Filed 2-4-26; 8:45 am]
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“Notice of Intent To Audit,” thefederalregister.org (February 5, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-02298/notice-of-intent-to-audit.
copyright.gov/music-modernization/audits/
Public Law 115-264