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title: Does Kobalt / KOSIGN collect US mechanical royalties?
publisher: RapCanon
canonical: https://rapcanon.com/tools/royalty-coverage/kobalt-mech_us/
license: CC-BY-4.0
retrieved: 2026-08-13
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> Not documented. Marketed as global registration across territories and platforms, with no per-royalty-type breakdown published.

Royalty coverage

 
# Does Kobalt / KOSIGN collect US mechanical royalties?

 
 
Not published

 
Marketed as global registration across territories and platforms, with no per-royalty-type breakdown published.

 
 
What this stream is. The songwriting side of a US stream, paid under the statutory blanket licence administered by The MLC. Separate from the recording payment above, and paid to whoever registered the WORK.

 Worth knowing about Kobalt / KOSIGN - ★ AWAL IS SONY MUSIC, not Kobalt. Anyone researching Kobalt distribution is looking at a Sony-owned company.
- Kobalt's famous neighbouring-rights arm went with it, so the belief that Kobalt handles your satellite-radio money is now FALSE.
- Not open signup. It screens on projected earnings.
- Widely-quoted "Kobalt takes 10%" figures date to 2015-era press. The published self-serve rate is 20%.
 
 
Read from Kobalt / KOSIGN's own documentation on 2026-08-13. Check it yourself — and if it has changed, tell us.

 
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RapCanon. (2026). Does Kobalt / KOSIGN collect US mechanical royalties?. Retrieved from https://rapcanon.com/tools/royalty-coverage/kobalt-mech_us/

**BibTeX**
```bibtex
@misc{rapcanon-tools-royalty-coverage-kobalt-mech-us,
  title  = {Does Kobalt / KOSIGN collect US mechanical royalties?},
  author = {{RapCanon}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://rapcanon.com/tools/royalty-coverage/kobalt-mech_us/},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-08-13}
}
```

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