Royalties collected on behalf of authors rose by 11.3 per cent in 2025, according to the Global Collections Report published on 4 November by CISAC. This increase should be viewed with caution: the inclusion, for the first time, of revenue from The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), which collects digital mechanical royalties in the United States, accounts for around 52 per cent of the rise. Excluding this…
