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
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  date: '2026-09-22'
  status: enriched
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