Private company
Harry Fox Agency
Copyright collection society
The Harry Fox Agency (HFA) is a provider of rights management and collector and distributor of mechanical license fees on behalf of music publishers in the United States. HFA has over 48,000 music publishing clients and issues the largest number of licenses for physical and digital formats of music. It was founded in 1927 by the National Music Publishers Association.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersNew York City1
- Websiteharryfox.com
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The Harry Fox Agency (HFA) is a provider of rights management and collector and distributor of mechanical license fees on behalf of music publishers in the United States. HFA has over 48,000 music publishing clients and issues the largest number of licenses for physical and digital formats of music. It was founded in 1927 by the National Music Publishers Association. The agency was sold to performing rights organization SESAC in 2015, which was itself acquired by The Blackstone Group in 2017.2
Products and brands
HFA provides the following services to its affiliated publishers:
Issues mechanical licenses
Collects and distributes mechanical royalties
Conducts royalty examinations
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Pursues piracy claims
Offers rights management services: Slingshot
From Wikipedia’s article on Harry Fox Agency, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
Timeline
- 1927Founded Founded1
Links
- Websiteharryfox.com1
- X (Twitter)x.com/harryfoxagency1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/HarryFoxAgency1
- WikipediaHarry Fox Agency
- WikidataQ5668906
Sources
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- 1WikidataHarry Fox Agency on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaHarry Fox Agency on Wikipedia
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- 4Wikimedia CommonsHarry Fox Agency photo by Harry Fox Agency, Public domain