Granted, it has been nearly ten years since I was involved in creating an online music store. But it appears that mechanical licenses still do not grant rights to display album art to consumers, even if the two standard agreements I have seen appear to cover online distribution, at least for download services.
Note that the radio station agreements are very different from the online/internet/mobile agreements.
Tell that to the record labels and the agencies that collect royalties in different countries. THEY are the ones requiring the geo-fencing and different pricing for different countries.
If you try to negotiate rights to sell or play any music, you will soon start wondering if the record label wants your money or not, because it will seem like they don't. It does not even matter if you are part of the same company group as a the record label you are negotiating with. Been there, done that.
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