from https://sonosuite.com/en/blog/music-royalties-explained-the-ultimate-guide/ https://sonosuite.com/en/blog/music-royalties-explained-the-... : Mechanical R

from https://sonosuite.com/en/blog/music-royalties-explained-the-ultimate-guide/ https://sonosuite.com/en/blog/music-royalties-explained-the-... : Mechanical Royalties: Refers to the payment made to songwriters whenever one of their copyrighted musical compositions is distributed or reproduced in both physical and digital formats. My wife's cousin produced Music in NYC for a long time, he explained that of all the ways you got paid for Music being played, distributed, or sold, the songwriters got the biggest cut. It was songwriters who sued "remixers" for a cut of the royalties based on the mechanical royalties clause of music copyright. They get the most money, they had the most to lose from creating a "loophole" based on sampling, so they prosecuted anyone who didn't credit them as a songwriter on their song if they had resampled something recognizable.