licensing agent in the U.S., which includes CDs, ringtones, digital downloads, interactive streams, limited downloads and more, HFA is dedicated to finding new ways for its affiliates publishers to recognize value for their catalogs, including lyrics and tablature. Further, HFA provides collection and monitoring services to its publisher clients for music distributed and sold in over 95 territories around the world. HFA's Songfile online song search and mechanical licensing tool designed for users who plan to make and distribute 2500 copies or less of their recordings of cover songs as CDs, cassettes, LPs, or digital downloads. HFA also has other online tools for music publishers and larger licensees which are available after establishing an HFA Online account. Under the United States Copyright Act, once a copyright owner has recorded and distributed copyrighted, non-dramatic musical works to the U.S. public or permitted another to do so, a compulsory mechanical license is available to anyone else who wants to record and distribute the work in the U.S. upon the payment of license fees at the statutory 'compulsory' rate as set forth in Section 115 of the Act. HFA issues licenses that are written variations of the Section 115.