[PIAS] Selects RightsFlow for Mechanical Licensing and Royalty Services
12pm, Saturday 23rd January MIDEM, Cannes, France – [PIAS] Entertainment Group, Europe’s leading music and entertainment services provider, announced an agreement with RightsFlow to provide mechanical licensing and royalty payment services for all its 200 distributed labels.
[PIAS] will use RightsFlow’s proprietary licensing, accounting and royalty payment technology to help them manage the complex issues of copyright compliance and royalty payments in respect to US based sales of digital repertoire. By offering labels this service, [PIAS] is providing a cost-effective solution that will help reduce liability and ensure that creators are paid.
RightsFlow is one of the leading experts in mechanical licensing, simplifying how rights holders get paid. As new methods of consuming music have emerged the company has been a pioneer in solving the complex issues of copyright compliance and royalty payment.
RightsFlow’s proprietary FLOW technology provides a single, cost-effective channel that connects rights-holders and companies that sell or distribute music. This innovative solution ensures proper licensing, accurate accounting and timely payment of royalties, and has been widely adopted by labels, artists and global businesses.
“RightsFlow’s technology and service solution helps extend [PIAS]’s effort to automate the mechanical administration process for all of our clients,” said Adrian Pope, Director of Digital & Business Development [PIAS] Entertainment Group. “We are excited about the partnership and look forward to providing our labels with these cost-effective tools to manage their royalty payments and clearances.”
“We are delighted to partner with a European distribution and marketing leader like [PIAS],” said Duncan Hutchison, Chief Content Officer, RightsFlow. “We look forward to demonstrating how RightsFlow’s proven, simple service can provide a cost-effective solution for mechanical licensing compliance and royalty accounting and payment for [PIAS] and its distributed labels. By utilizing our streamlined licensing and payment service, participating labels will be able to better focus on their core business of releasing the best music via [PIAS]’s thriving distribution system.”
Under U.S. Copyright Law, mechanical licenses are required for music to be distributed through online music services. The current U.S. statutory mechanical rate for permanent downloads is 9.1¢ for songs five minutes or less and 1.75¢ per minute for songs over five minutes. Limited download and interactive streaming services generally pay a mechanical royalty of 10.5 percent of revenue, less amounts owed for performance royalties.
About [PIAS] Entertainment Group
www.pias.com
The [PIAS] Entertainment Group is the definitive marketing, sales, distribution and licensing provider offering a highly professional and flexible service for music, film, comedy and sport repertoire on an international basis.
Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, [PIAS] Entertainment Group supplies a broad range of highly professional services for leading repertoire owners across both physical and digital routes to market. The group also has significant operations in the UK, France, Netherlands, Spain, Germany, and Ireland. In addition to its local operations [PIAS] Entertainment Group has an international network of partners that enables it to offer its services on a truly global basis.
[PIAS] Entertainment Group owns premium repertoire via its [PIAS] Recordings, [PIAS] Visuals, [PIAS] Comedy and publishing operations. It also has significant interests in the record label Wall of Sound, the film company Twin Pics.
About RightsFlow
www.rightsflow.com
RightsFlow is a leading provider of a mechanical licensing and royalty payment technology platform for online music services, record companies, distributors and artists. The RightsFlow technology powers rapid song identification and provides an unprecedented level of transparency for publishers and songwriters and those music services, distributors, labels and artists seeking licenses in a digital age. RightsFlow specializes in obtaining bulk physical, DPD, and ringtone licenses including streaming, tethered, and limited download rights. Our proprietary “FLOW” system and 10.5 million song database allow us to license, account, and pay royalties on behalf of clients quickly and accurately while ensuring that rights-holders are paid for the use of their work. RightsFlow serves over 9,500 clients obtaining physical, DPD and interactive streaming licenses from publishers and songwriters all over the world – including major, independent and artist controlled works.
Contact for [PIAS] Entertainment Group:
Sam Shemtob, Name PR, +44 (0)208 357 7305
Contact for RightsFlow:
Michael Kaufman, VP of Marketing & Sales, +1-212-937-6955 x311, michael.kauffman@rightsflow.com
