Administrative assessment has the meaning set forth in 17 U.S.C. 115(e)(3).

Aggregate Sound Recordings Count means the sum of the Unique Sound Recordings Counts of each and every Licensee, calculated over the respective Quarterly Allocation calculation period.

All Licensee Assessment Pool means an amount equaling 50% of each Annual Assessment and Quarterly Allocation.

Annual Assessment means the administrative assessment for each calendar year beginning with the calendar year 2021.

Annual Calculation Period means the calculation period for annual minimum fees, as set forth in §390.3(b).

Annual minimum fee means the minimum amount each Licensee shall pay for each Annual Assessment period, as set forth in §390.3.

Certified Minimum Fee Disclosure means a Licensee's certified statement setting forth its Unique Sound Recordings Count for the respective calculation period.

Digital licensee coordinator or DLC has the meaning set forth in 17 U.S.C. 115(e)(9).

ECI means the Employment Cost Index for Total Compensation (not seasonally adjusted), all civilian workers, as published on the website of the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the most recent 12-month period for which data are available on the date that is 60 days prior to the start of the calendar year.

License availability date has the meaning set forth in 17 U.S.C. 115(e)(15).

Licensee means either:

(1) A digital music provider that is engaged, in all or in part, in covered activities pursuant to a blanket license; or

(2) A significant nonblanket licensee, as those terms are defined under 17 U.S.C. 115(e).

Mechanical licensing collective or MLC has the meaning set forth in 17 U.S.C. 115(e)(18).

Notice of license has the meaning set forth in 17 U.S.C. 115(e)(22).

Notice of nonblanket activity has the meaning set forth in 17 U.S.C. 115(e)(23).

Quarterly Allocation means each of four equal parts of each Annual Assessment, to be paid on a calendar quarterly basis.

Startup Assessment means the one-time administrative assessment for the startup phase of the Mechanical licensing collective.

Threshold Licensee means a Licensee that reports at least 7.5% of the Aggregate Sound Recordings Count of all Licensees.

Threshold Licensee Assessment Pool means an amount equaling 50% of each Annual Assessment and Quarterly Allocation.

Unique Sound Recordings Count means, for each Licensee, the number of unique and royalty-bearing sound recordings used per month by such Licensee in Section 115 covered activities, such as would be reflected in the information required to be reported under Section 115(d), calculated as a monthly average over the respective calculation period. For example, a Licensee's Unique Sound Recordings Count for a Quarterly Allocation calculation period will be calculated by adding together the counts of unique and royalty-bearing sound recordings reported by such Licensee to the MLC during each month of that quarter, and dividing that sum by three. A Licensee's Unique Sound Recordings Count for an Annual Calculation Period will be calculated by adding together the counts of unique and royalty-bearing sound recordings reported by such Licensee to the MLC during each month of that twelve-month period, and dividing that sum by twelve. Within each month's usage reports from a particular Licensee, a sound recording reported multiple times with the same metadata would be counted as a single sound recording, and a sound recording reported multiple times each with different metadata would be counted multiple times, once for each reporting with new or different metadata.