A Bundle of Mechanicals Legislators have tried to adapt
copyright law to new inventions since the time of piano rolls.
This is because creators beg remuneration in new media. In the
Copyright Act of 1909, the exclusive right of the copyright
owner to make mechanical reproductions of music was secured
through the provision of a mechanical license, a term that is
now used as well for electro-acoustical and digital
reproductions. In 1995, bowing to the pressures of the Internet
era, Congress passed the Digital Performance Right in Sound
Recordings Act. It broadened mechanical licenses to include
digital phonorecord deliveries online. According to section 115
of the US Copyright Act, publishers and songwriters are obliged
to issue mechanical licenses to companies that follow proper
procedure and pay the rates set by law for songs that were
previously recorded and released. These royalty rates, commonly
known as statutory rates–as well as the terms, and the different
categories in which music can be distributed–ar