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Universal to rep Mexican collecting society’s mechanical rights Stateside
By Chris Cooke | Published on Wednesday 8 July 2015
Universal Music Publishing Mexico yesterday announced a deal with the country’s collecting society SACM which will see the former represent the so called mechanical rights of the latter’s songwriter members in the US (and Puerto Rico as it happens).
The music industry’s collecting societies regularly form reciprocal arrangements with their counterparts worldwide, of course, so to collect the royalties due for the use of the songs or recordings they control in other territories. SACM working with a major publisher in the US, rather than another society, is partly to do with peculiarities in the way mechanical licensing works Stateside, and partly the result of big shifts happening in collective licensing in general, especially in North America.
Confirming the tie up, Yadira Moreno, MD of Universal Music Publishing in Mexico and Central America, told reporters: “We couldn’t be more delighted that SACM entrusted their legacy to UMPG. SACM has a unique catalogue that conveys the cultural essence of contemporary Mexican music. It will be our privilege to maximise opportunities for the composers we now represent, and to continue promoting their songs in the territory”.
Meanwhile SACM President Armando Manzanero added: “As a composer myself, I have firsthand experience of the effectiveness and efficiency in which UMPG operates. We are very excited to be working with UMPG, as they understand the nuances and complexity of our catalogue”.
