What are the mechanical royalty rates in the US?
For physical mechanicals and DPDS: For recordings under 5 minutes in length: $0.091. For recordings 5 minutes in length or longer: $0.0175 per minute or fraction thereof. For ringtones: $0.24. per ringtone, regardless of song length. For interactive streaming and conditional downloads: A per stream royalty, based on 10.5% of a service’s gross revenues, less royalties paid to performing rights organizations (ASCAP, BMI, SESAC), and certain other deductions. These rates are calculated quarterly and applied pro-rata to all recordings streamed during the quarter.
