Harry Fox Agency

The Harry Fox Agency (HFA) is the United States premiere mechanical licensing institution, founded by the National Music Publishers Association and has led the music industry with innovative mechanical rights management solutions for music publishers.

Harry Fox (HFA) provides efficient mechanical rights management and royalty distribution services, meeting the needs of music distributors, creators and music publishers. The American mechanical licensing institution provides music publishers with mechanical licenses, collected and distributed mechanical royalties, royalty examinations, management of piracy claims and rights management solutions. As of today, Harry Fox Agency has issued the largest number of licenses for physical and digital formats of music. Since 2021, the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) is administering Harry Fox Agency with a new blanket license available to digital audio services in the United States. The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) collects the mechanical royalties, then distributes these mechanical rights to music publishers, administrators and others entitled to receive them.