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Mechanical Rights (noun)

Type: noun

Pronunciation: /mek-ah-nik-all-rights/

Also spelled or known as: Mechanical-Rights

Related: Rights, Mechanical Royalties

What does Mechanical Rights mean?

Rights allowing a musical piece or work (song) to be legally reproduced onto different mediums like CDs, tapes, streaming, Mp3 players, etc.

Mechanical Rights are rights given, allowing a musical piece or work (song) to be legally reproduced onto different mediums like streaming, CDs, tapes, MP3 players, etc. Mechanical Rights are found in recording contracts.

Example sentence: “The fourth page talked about mechanical rights.”

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