LONDON / NEW YORK: PRS for Music, the UK organization that collects and pays royalties to 70,000 song-writing and composing members, and RightsFlow, a leading licensing and royalty service provider, have implemented a DDEX standardized Digital Sales Reporting (DSR) platform allowing for quick and transparent data transmission between Digital Service Providers (DSPs) and the royalty collection organization.
New York, NY: ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), the leading U.S. performing rights organization, and RightsFlow, the leading licensing and royalty service provider, have entered into a partnership to offer mechanical licensing services to ASCAP’s nearly400,000 songwriter, composer and publisher members through RightsFlow’s Limelight online utility.
Digital Data Exchange (“DDEX”), a consortium of leading media companies, music licensing organisations and digital service providers focused on creating digital supply chain data standards for common use, today announced that several digital music retailers, labels and other rights owners have made strategic commitments to begin using the DDEX content and metadata messaging specification as part of their digital music supply chain infrastructure.
(NEW YORK) – The Music & Entertainment Industry Educators Association (MEIEA), Intercollegiate Record Label Association (IRLA), and leading licensing and royalty service provider RightsFlow have partnered on a fall educational and promotional campaign called “In The Limelight”. Participating university record labels and local Music & Entertainment Industry Student Association (MEISA) chapters will launch marketing efforts this month targeting student musicians, bands and choirs with information on the need for mechanical licensing when covering and releasing songs. The initiative will also drive awareness and adoption of Limelight, RightsFlow’s online mechanical licensing utility that provides a simple way for artists and bands to clear any cover song. Read the rest of this entry »
NEW YORK, NY – RightsFlow, a leading licensing and royalty service provider, is proud to support WhyHunger during this year’s 25th Annual Hungerthon campaign and outreach. RightsFlow asks you to join in celebrating and supporting this esteemed organization and its work in the U.S., Haiti, Kenya, Thailand, and India. Read the rest of this entry »
NEW YORK, New York. Capitalizing on continued revenue growth and business opportunity, RightsFlow, a leading licensing and royalty service provider, has announced the hiring of Lisa Tiver to the position of Senior Vice-President of Business Development. Tiver will spearhead the company’s publisher and society outreach and strategy, as well as provide support for business development and business affairs initiatives. Read the rest of this entry »
The digital age of music has introduced new legal forms of music consumption that do not correlate clearly with the previous licensing laws. These old laws were created at a time when the recorded music industry revolved around physical sales and traditional radio play. They do not address, however, services like Rhapsody, where streaming audio is not public performance, nor is it a transaction of ownership. In some cases, these gray areas have allowed royalties to slip through the cracks, never reaching the hands of the rightful copyright owner. Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON, D.C. AND NEW YORK, NY – SoundExchange, the non-profit performance rights organization authorized to collect royalties for the digital performance of sound recordings, and RightsFlow, a leading licensing and royalty service provider, announced a new joint initiative to identify hundreds of recording artists collectively owed over $1 million in royalties. Read the rest of this entry »
October 26, 2010 (New York, NY)
Thousands Clearing Songs Through RightsFlow’s Limelight Service
Cover songs have always been a popular way to transcend the familiar and connect with both current fans and new ones. A well-picked, well-played cover can significantly drive fan enthusiasm and engagement and prove to be an important tool for many artists and bands.
In today’s market, the use of covers clearly transcends all strata of success levels and genres. From mass-media programming like American Idol and Glee to big brands like Levi’s “Pioneer Sessions” to creative collaborations by John Legend & The Roots to inspired interpretations from the likes of Beck, The Flaming Lips, and Brian Wilson, cover songs are de rigueur for almost every band today. The right cover song is not only fun to perform and record, it ultimately can garner support from all fronts as fans sing-along and then pass-along a favorite cover. And that’s the kind of sharing that will keep any artist searching for ways to clear cover songs.
Since it’s launch earlier this year, Limelight, powered by RightsFlow, has provided thousands of artists and labels around the globe with a simple way to clear covers for their physical, digital, ringtone, and streaming releases. By reducing the complexity of licensing with domestic and international publishers directly, Limelight is providing a service for established and independent artists worldwide with users from over 46 countries: college bands, church choirs, indie labels, even an American Idol.
Lee DeWyze, last year’s Idol, and his team recently used Limelight to clear his version of Marilyn Manson’s “Beautiful People” for use with recordings being released on the WuLi Records imprint. (His major label debut streets 11/16 on 19 Entertainment / RCA Records.) ”The most important thing for an artist is to have great songs to perform and to share.” said Wuli Records co-founder and producer Louis Svitek, who has done his share of covers with Ministry, M.O.D. and Mind Funk. “Cover songs can add a strong personal connection for fans as they reflect personal likes and influences, and allow an artist to add creative expression to something familiar.”
Added co-producer on the ”Slumberland” and “So I’m Told” albums (now available through Fontana), Ryan McGuire, “Limelight provides a simple way for a musician to clear any cover song… making it simple to share and release classic or memorable song choices. It also ensures that songwriters and publisher get 100% of royalties due.”
From the independent label perspective, Limelight provides a cost-effective solution that ensures both legal compliance and proper accounting to the correct publishers and songwriters. Jeremy Peters commented, “Having used multiple systems and processes of clearing songs as the Director of Licensing for Ghostly International, I have to say that Limelight is by far, the most easy, customer friendly, and straightforward process to license mechanical copyrights I’ve ever used. No matter what your level of comfortability with these rights are, Limelight has made the process a cinch – and with research services, quick and super helpful customer service – they blow the doors off of the processes their competitors have, in comparison. Regardless of whether this is your first license or your thousandth, I’d recommend them to anyone.”
Clearly in the current environment of media overload, the simplicity of a great cover song can cut through the clutter and help drive awareness and success for an artist or label. With Limelight, you can cover any song your way today. For more information, please visit www.songclearance.com.
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RightsFlow is a leading technology-enabled provider of licensing and royalty services representing artists, labels, distributors and online music companies. The RightsFlow technology powers rapid song identification and provides an unprecedented level of transparency for both licensees and licensors. RightsFlow specializes in obtaining bulk physical, DPD, and ringtone licenses including streaming, tethered, and limited download rights. Our proprietary “FLOW” licensing technology and 23 million song database allow us to serve over 12,000 clients obtaining licenses from publishers and songwriters all over the world – including major, independent and artist-controlled works. Clients include Rhapsody, Muzak, The Orchard, Thumbplay, Wolfgang’s Vault, Guvera, Dada Entertainment/Play.ME, Scattertunes, [PIAS], Alliance, Kontor New Media, INgrooves, Zynga, Beatport, Hoodiny, CAM, Zebralution, E1 Canada & US Distribution, CD Baby, Disc Makers, & X5 Music Group. RightsFlow is a member of DDEX, DiMA, NARM, AIM and A2IM.
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