Question

The per-unit payments made by the record company to the music publisher (or songwriter) for the reproduction of copyrighted musical compositions appearing on physical units are known as ____.

Answer 1

Answer: Mechanical Royalties

Explanation: Mechanical Royalties are payments made to a song writer whenever the song is reproduced in physical forms such as CD, Tape etc.

Mechanical Royalties are established for the use of a copyrights. Every song has 2 types of copyrights which are

1. The composition copyright.

2. The recording copyright.

The mechanical royalties comes from the composition copyright.