The MLC

The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) is a U.S. statutory organization that administers mechanical licensing and royalty distribution for music creators. It provides a centralized database of musical works, facilitates licensing for digital music services, and ensures creators receive proper compensation. The MLC offers APIs and data services to support industry participants in accessing catalog information, licensing data, and royalty reports.

The MLC is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Music, Licensing, Royalties, and Collective.

The MLC’s developer surface includes getting-started guide, engineering blog, and 10 more developer resources.

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13.5/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Front door AI 1/6 silent Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-10-09 · rubric v0.23.0

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Music Licensing RoyaltiesCollective

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scored 2026-10-09 · rubric v0.23.0

Composite quality — 13.5/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 4.0 / 17

Access Clarity 3.6 / 17

Operational Transparency 0.6 / 11

Contract Governance 0.0 / 10

Discoverability 3.5 / 9

Regulatory Posture 2.1 / 15

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

The Mlc Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

Build 1

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GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

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DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Commercial 2

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TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 4

The organization behind the API

BlogRSS

Newsroom

Website

Blog

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Hosts

Hosts

Vendors

Vendors

Source (apis.yml)

aid: the-mlc
name: The MLC
image: https://www.themlc.com/hubfs/Marketing/Logos/The%20MLC%20Logos/Icon/MLC_Icon_HEX.jpg
description: The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) is a U.S. statutory organization that administers mechanical licensing
  and royalty distribution for music creators. It provides a centralized database of musical works, facilitates licensing
  for digital music services, and ensures creators receive proper compensation. The MLC offers APIs and data services to support
  industry participants in accessing catalog information, licensing data, and royalty reports.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-mlc/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:music
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enrichment pass 2026-09-22 (modular-v1; was harvest)
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-09-22'
modified: '2026-10-06'
tags:
- Music
- Licensing
- Royalties
- Collective
tags_raw:
- Music
- Licensing
- Royalties
- API
- Collective
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- url: https://www.themlc.com/news/rss.xml
  type: BlogRSS
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/the-mlc-hosts.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/the-mlc-vendors.yml
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.themlc.com/terms-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.themlc.com/privacy-policy
- type: Newsroom
  url: https://www.themlc.com/news
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://www.themlc.com/get-started
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://portal.themlc.com/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/TheMLC
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/the-mlc-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.themlc.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.themlc.com/
apis: []
x-coverage:
  state: unreadable
  reason: js-rendered-docs
  detail: The developer portal at https://portal.themlc.com renders a JavaScript SPA and provides no machine‑readable API
    specification.
  evidence:
  - url: https://portal.themlc.com/
    status: 200
  checked: 2026-09-22
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-09-22'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 5
  pass: modular-v1
  engine: identity=local,contract=local,surfaces=local,docs=local

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