RightsFlow’s President/CEO Patrick Sullivan To Participate In 10th Anniversary Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit
Washington D.C. (September 7, 2010) Patrick Sullivan, RightsFlow’s President and CEO, will be a featured panelist at the 10th Anniversary Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit (October 3 to 5; Washington DC). The panel, scheduled for Tuesday, October 5th from 3:45 to 5pm in Lohrfink Auditorium, is entitled “Partly Sunny with a Chance of Fog: Forecasting Music in the Cloud.”
“I’m excited to be a part of the Summit as it is especially meaningful for us since we were a involved when we were starting RightsFlow,” commented Sullivan. “It’s always been an extremely productive atmosphere for stimulating conversation amongst musicians, policymakers, technologists, and leading-edge companies at the cross-section of music, technology, and law.”
The “Partly Sunny with a Chance of Fog: Forecasting Music in the Cloud” panel description is as follows:
“Much of the recent chatter in the music/tech industry is the inevitability of consumers’ music collections being accessed and stored “in the cloud”. What would a cloud based service look like? Will there remote music lockers? Will it be streaming subscription services available on multiple devices? What are the licensing hurdles to getting there, and the compensation issues for content owners? Even more important, once all the recorded music is accessible, how do we extract value on the cloud? How do we get consumers to pay for it? And what are the implications for musicians? A panel of rightsholders, technologists and artist representatives will discuss the “cloudy” future of music access.”
Additional panelists include Brendan Benzing Chief Product Officer, Rhapsody, Peter Jenner Manager, Sincere Management and Vickie Nauman VP North America, 7digital. Others to be announced.
The Future of Music Coalition is a national nonprofit organization that works to ensure a diverse musical culture based in Washington, D.C. This years programming includes visionary presentations from leaders in the music-tech space, special conversations with musicians, producers, and policymakers, tools and tips for the smart musician, copyright and culture in the digital age, and the future of music distribution.
RightsFlow, a leading mechanical licensing and royalty services provider, continues to be a voice for licensees within the industry: artists, labels, distributors and music services. Recently, the company launched Limelight, a simple web portal to enable musicians an easy way to secure mechanical licenses. This service is powered by RightsFlow and provides artists, labels and other musical groups the ability to clear cover songs and third-party compositions for their physical, digital and ringtone release.
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About RightsFlow
RightsFlow is a leading technology-enabled provider of mechanical licensing services and royalty payment technology for online music services, record companies, distributors, artists, and songwriters. 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 20 million song database allow us to serve over 10,000 clients obtaining licenses from publishers and songwriters all over the world – including major, independent and artist controlled works.
Clients include Rhapsody, Muzak, The Orchard, Guvera, Dada Entertainment/Play.ME, Scattertunes, Amie Street, [PIAS], Alliance, Kontor New Media, INgrooves, Zynga, Beatport, Hoodiny, CAM, Zebralution, E1 Canada & US Distribution, IODA, Cooking Vinyl, CD Baby, Disc Makers, & X5 Music Group.
RightsFlow is a member of DDEX, DiMA, NARM, AIM and A2IM.
Contact for RightsFlow:
Michael Kauffman
SVP of Sales & Marketing
+1-646-461-6397
michael.kauffman@rightsflow.com
About Future of Music Coalition
Future of Music Coalition is a national non-profit education, research and advocacy organization that seeks a bright future for creators and listeners. FMC works towards this goal through continuous interaction with its primary constituency — musicians — and in collaboration with other creator/public interest groups.
