Max, that looks pretty good. Maybe "Mudcat Cafe makes every effort to comply with the law of copyright, and has obtained various licences and permissions" or something like that would be a good alternative, but it's fine as it is.

harpgirl, thanks for checking up on the NMPA. The "recent legislation" they mention on their web site probably includes the No Electronic Theft Act, which was passed by the same Congress that passed the odious copyright extension. The NETA makes copyright infringement on the web a crime in some circumstances. Even without that law, the civil penalties for copyright infringement can be draconian. So Mudcat should definitely take this matter seriously.

If this is NMPA's attempt to bully the Mudcat into buying a blanket license, ("probably overpriced" the cynical piece of my mind is saying) well, my own instinct is not to do so except as a last resort. As I've said already, Mudcat should first evaluate whether the compliance mechanisms that it has already developed will continue to serve adequately. I think they probably will. But it's easy to talk tough and be confident from here. Max is the one who's on the line, so in the end it's his call.

T.