Limelight To Sponsor Opening Night MEIEA Welcome Reception
Miami, FL March 25, 2010 – Limelight, a mechanical licensing service provided by RightsFlow, continues its mission statement of musicians helping musicians by sponsoring the Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association Welcome Reception tonight (Thursday, March 25th) at Novecento, 121 Alhambra Plaza in Coral Gables, FL.
“We are proud to have RightsFlow and it’s service Limelight as a sponsor for the MEIEA conference,” commented Serona Elton, MEIEA Conference Chairperson (University of Miami). “Limelight is a simple service option for our members and students who are looking for an easy solution to help them manage the mechanical licensing process and maintain copyright compliance when releasing music.”
Added Michael Kauffman, RightsFlow’s Vice-President of Sales and Marketing, “We are extremely excited to be supporting the educational efforts and outreach of MEIEA. The majority of our team graduated from stellar music programs from MEIEA members like Berklee, NYU, Syracuse, Lehigh and others; we believe in the power and impact of university music programs and inspirational instructors.”
The 2010 International MEIEA Conference will be hosted by the University of Miami and held in Coral Gables, Florida, on March 26th and 27th, 2010. The reception will run from 6:30 to 9:30pm for all attendees of the MEIEA Conference.
The event will also serve to introduce Limelight, a simple way to clear mechanical licenses, to the MEIEA membership. Limelight is a service of RightsFlow, a leading expert in mechanical licensing who help simplify 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.
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.
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About MEIEA
The Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association (MEIEA®) is an international organization that was formed in 1979 to bring together educators with leaders of the music and entertainment industries. The primary goal of MEIEA® is to facilitate an exchange of information between educators and practitioners in order to prepare students for careers in the music and entertainment industries. The purpose for which MEIEA® is organized and operated is exclusively literary and educational as defined in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and its regulations.
- In order to seek professional practical knowledge and functional strategies in education, MEIEA® endeavors to:
- Provide resources for the exchange of information and knowledge about all aspects of the music and entertainment industries;
- Foster scholarly research on the music and entertainment industries as well as on music and entertainment industries education;
- Assist institutions with the development of music and entertainment industries programs and curricula;
- Facilitate interaction between the music and entertainment industries and music and entertainment industries’ educators and affiliated educational institutions;
- Promote student interests in the music and entertainment industries through guidance and support of the Music and Entertainment Industry Student Association (meisa®).
MEIEA is a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of education in the music and entertainment industries. Institutional membership is available to institutions of higher education. In order to be considered for membership, the institution must be recognized, licensed, and/or accredited as a post-secondary educational institution. Organizations and business entities interested in supporting the mission and activities of MEIEA are encouraged to become sponsors of MEIEA through charitable support. Sponsor support is greatly appreciated and tax-deductible.
For more information, please contact office@meiea.org.
About RightsFlow
RightsFlow is a leading provider of mechanical licensing services and royalty payment technology for online music services, record companies, distributors and artists. 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 10.5 million song database allow us to license content, render accounting, and pay royalties on behalf of clients quickly and accurately, ensuring that rights-holders are paid for the use of their work.
RightsFlow currently serves over 9,500 clients obtaining licenses from publishers and songwriters all over the world – including major, independent and artist controlled works. Clients include [PIAS], Muzak, Amie Street, Kontor New Media, The Orchard, INgrooves, Zynga, Hoodiny, CAM, Zebralution, E1 Canada Distribution, IODA, Cooking Vinyl, CD Baby, Disc Makers, & X5 Music Group.
RightsFlow is a Full Member of DDEX.
Contact for RightsFlow:
Michael Kauffman, VP of Sales & Marketing, +1-212-937-6955 x311, michael.kauffman@rightsflow.com
