AIMP Supports The MMA's MLC

In a recently issued joint statement, the Association of Independent Music Publishers officials --National Chair and Los Angeles Chapter President Teri Nelson-Carpenter, New York Chapter President Alisa Coleman and Nashville Chapter President John Ozier - said:

"The AIMP is happy to support the U.S. Copyright Office’s decision to select the NMPA, SONA, and NSAI submission for governance of the Music Modernization Act’s (MMA) Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC). We have worked closely with these organizations to provide guidance on the MLC’s Board of Directors and various committees, and are glad to see that independent music publishers will have a strong voice in the implementation of the MMA and beyond. With the majority of the 14-member MLC Board consisting of independent publishers and songwriters — including AIMP New York Chapter President Alisa Coleman (ABKCO) as MLC Board Chair, AIMP Nashville Board member Mike Molinar (Big Machine Music), and AIMP members Evelyn Paglinawan (Concord Music), Tim Cohan (peermusic), Bob Bruderman (Kobalt), and Scott Cutler (Pulse Music Group) — as well as all the AIMP members on MLC committees, we are in the best position to stand up for the rights of independent publishers, songwriters, and other rights-holders."

You can read more about the MLC selection in Billboard and Music Week.