May 26, 2010, New York, NY – Ultra International Music Publishing, a rapidly growing international independent music publisher, has partnered with Muzak, the leader in sensory branding solutions for businesses, to integrate Ultra’s diverse catalog into Muzak’s platform of customized playlists.

Ultra International Music Publishing boasts a rich repertoire of international songwriters, producers and artists in Hip-Hop, R&B, Reggae, Latin, and Dance.  Recent Ultra chart-toppers include “Blame It” performed by Jamie Fox feat T Pain and “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)” performed by Pitbull. Read the rest of this entry »

An amazing number of CD Baby artists have achieved success through their version of a cover song. Covers provide an opportunity to be discovered by fans searching for a well-known song. It’s a great way to introduce your act, and can open the door to someone discovering your original music, but you do have to acquire the rights first. In this episode, Scott Sellwood of RightsFlow walks us through how to properly license a cover song. Even if you have licensed a cover in the past for CDs, Scott helps to make sense of the different types of licenses needed in the digital age.  Need to license a cover song?  Check out the Limelight service by RightsFlow here – http://rightsflow.com/

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The Internet availability of photographs, illustrations and even webpage designs is hammering small businesses that depend on selling and licensing their intellectual property, creators told the Institute for Policy Innovation’s World IP Day event in Washington Monday. Public ignorance more than intentional malfeasance is the problem, enabled by social networking sites and confusion over the distinction between licensing and ownership, they said. The founder of a rights-clearance service for digital music providers said the poor economy and stalled progress in legislation to revamp licensing was spurring the development of private solutions…

…Two-year-old RightsFlow has done well despite or even because of the economic downturn, said Ben Cockerham, chief operating officer for the company, which clears mechanical royalty rights for digital music services and other entities such as church groups. RightsFlow recently began a direct-to-consumer service, Limelight, that has been “overwhelmingly successful” in collecting payments for song use that otherwise would have been done without permission, he said. Licensing will be increasingly important because of advances in manufacturing technology, such as 3D printers, Cockerham said: “The only thing that would have value is the IP. Read the rest of this entry »