{"id":14043,"date":"2021-09-22T10:26:44","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T08:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mes.rebeat.com\/en\/faq-zur-urheberrechtsabgabe-aus-usa\/"},"modified":"2021-09-22T10:26:44","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T08:26:44","slug":"faq-mechanical-royalties-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rebeat.com\/en\/faq-mechanical-royalties-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ on Mechanical Royalties from the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Answers to your questions about the Mechanical Licensing Collective&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|font_size:20px|text_align:left|line_height:1.5em&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text]Since our last <a href=\"\/en\/mechanical-royalties-us\/\">article about mechanical royalties from the U.S.<\/a> we received a lot of questions about registering with MLC. 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