MCSCMusic Copyright Society of China.2.3 out of 5
2.3 out of 5
Hot take
MCSC is intended to be a Performing Rights Organization (PRO) in China, focusing on administering public performance rights for music creators. However, there's a significant lack of accessible information about their services, transparency in royalty collection and distribution, and actual impact for rightsholders—especially on the English-speaking web. This opacity raises concerns about their creator-friendliness, with independent artists and songwriters likely to face challenges navigating the system or even understanding their rights. On the plus side, being a national PRO, MCSC could offer broad domestic reach and is presumably institutionally connected to China's copyright framework, which may facilitate some basic royalty collections for local works. Still, the platform feels inaccessible and disconnected from the modern independent creator community.
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Pros
Institutionally recognized in China's music copyright sector
Potential for broad domestic reach and enforcement
Facilitates royalty collection within China
Cons
Opaque, with little transparency about operations or royalty distribution
Poorly accessible for non-Chinese speakers and international creators
No clear platform for direct artist communication or support
Legacy structure with little evidence of modern digital integration
Little to no English-language support or resources
Key Features
Public performance rights administration
Royalty collection for Chinese music creators
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