Lubbock, TX – March 29, 2010 – ScatterTunes™, the company that is revolutionizing the presentation of music through its innovative and interactive V-Album technology, VA (V-Album) Creation tool and “Artists On The Rise” program, has selected Limelight as the mechanical licensing solution for independent artists and bands choosing to use the V-Album platform.

Witt Stewart, CEO and Founder of ScatterTunes says, “At ScatterTunes we are committed to providing innovative opportunities for talented new artists. Now, our partnership with RightsFlow makes it even easier for up-and-coming talent to bring music to market.”

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IT’S A DEAL: CD Baby and manufacturing partner Disc Makers have adopted RightsFlow’s Limelight, a one-stop online clearance form for artists and labels looking to clear cover songs for physical releases, digital downloads and ringtones, cutting through the confusion of licensing with domestic and international publishers and songwriters directly. CD Baby and Disc Makers will provide direct linkage and integration of the service within their user platform. The deal was announced by RightsFlow’s Scott Sellwood and CDBaby parent Audio/Video Labs President/CEO Tony van Veen, who marked the occasion by canceling their Billboard subscription. Read the rest of this entry »

Nashville-based Music Services, a Christian music publisher, has inked a partnership with New York-based RightsFlow.

RightsFlow will identify and account for the use of works in Music Services’ catalog on online music services.

Music Services President Phil Perkins said in a news release that the partnership will reduce the company’s administrative burden and also help it collect royalties for clients that otherwise would go uncollected.

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March 17^th, 2010, New York, NY – CD Baby, one of the largest digital distributors for independent music, and Disc Makers, the leading independent CD and DVD manufacturer, have adopted Limelight (http://limelight.rightsflow.com), an online clearance form for artists and labels looking to clear cover songs.

Limelight, which is powered by RightsFlow, provides artists and labels a simple, easy method to clear cover songs and third-party compositions for physical releases, digital downloads, and ringtones, reducing the complexity of licensing with domestic and international publishers and songwriters directly.  CD Baby and Disc Makers will take advantage of the service by providing direct linkage and integration of the service within their user platform. Read the rest of this entry »

Nashville, TN – March 15, 2010  Music Services, a publishing company administering the licensing and administration for over 100,000 copyrights has formed an alliance with RightsFlow.  The blanket agreement provides RightsFlow access to Music Services’ catalog, allowing identification and accounting for interactive streaming and limited downloads on any pending and future works to the compositions. Read the rest of this entry »

RightsFlow, a provider of mechanical licensing services and royalty payment technology, will provide its Limelight system to CD Baby, an independent digital distributor, and Disc Makers, a CD and DVD manufacturer, so that its label customers can have an online clearance place to get licensing for cover songs and third party composition. Both CD Baby and Disc Makers will provide direct linkage and integration of the service within their user platform. Read the rest of this entry »

When John Boydston got an e-mail from SoundExchange saying he had several thousand dollars in unclaimed royalties, he did what most sensible people would do. He ignored it.

To the rock musician from Atlanta, “money for nothing” meant a song by Dire Straits, not a stranger contacting him out of the blue promising to cut him big checks.

Read the Article at latimes.com

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Lack Of A Centralized Song Database Stymies Digital Licensing.

A year after the Copyright Royalty Board set rates for subscription downloads and interactive streaming, digital licensing and payment accounting is still proving to be a trying task in the U.S. marketplace.

Not surprisingly, the lack of a common database containing metadata for all songs is still a big obstacle, even though it should be easier to create one in the United States than in Europe, where there are more than two dozen performance and reproduction rights societies.

It’s a topic that weighed heavily on the minds of panelists at a National Assn. of Recording Merchandisers’ Salon Series event held Feb. 22 in New York. The gathering was the second in a planned series of industry get-togethers that NARM is holding to address issues of concern to member companies.

The discussion “validated the urgent need for the industry to work collaboratively on streamlining business practices and adopting operational standards that will take costs out of the system and help advance the digital marketplace,” NARM president Jim Donio said in a statement.

Digital service providers have to license music and pay royalties directly to publishers for music consumed through subscription services and ad-supported Web sites. As a result, the lack of a central database continues to stymie the marketplace, NARM panelists said. Read the rest of this entry »

RightsFlow will provide global society reporting services for Beatport, the international dance music digital retailer.

Music services that operate internationally are often required to report territorial uses to local performance, mechanical and neighboring rights societies. RightsFlow will facilitate this service for Beatport by reporting to rights societies worldwide. Read the rest of this entry »