The Music Modernization Act (MMA), signed by the president last October, constitutes the most consequential change in music copyright law since 1976, affecting music licensing, protection for classic works and fairer distribution of royalties. The impetus behind MMA was the rise of the Internet in the 1990s and early 2000s, which, in turn, led to an evolution in the way users received music, away from physical copies to digital downloads and streaming.

Despite its critical significance, many of MMA’s most consequential procedural rules and implementation details are yet to be determined and developed. MMA consists of three main parts (Titles): Music Licensing Modernization (Title I), Classics Protection and Access (Title II), and Allocation for Music Producers (Title III).