Royalty coverage
Does SESAC collect US mechanical royalties?
Partly
Not by SESAC itself. The Harry Fox Agency is a separate company under the same parent and a NON-EXCLUSIVE mechanical agent with its own eligibility bar. Since the MMA, US digital mechanicals run through The MLC's blanket licence regardless.
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.
What bites on this stream specifically
- The claim that SESAC covers mechanicals through HFA is over-stated: HFA is a separate affiliation with a commercial-release requirement, it is non-exclusive, and post-MMA the US digital blanket mechanical goes through The MLC anyway.
2 further traps on SESAC's other streams are on the matrix.
Read from SESAC's own documentation on 2026-08-13. Check it yourself, and if it has changed, tell us.