April 12, 2011, (NEW YORK) – RightsFlow, a leading licensing and royalty service provider, has selected Florida State University’s “Renegade State Records” as the winner in the company’s “In The Limelight” promotion.  Local chapters of the Music & Entertainment Industry Student Association (MEISA), and the Intercollegiate Record Label Association (IRLA) were invited to develop and execute marketing campaigns for RightsFlow’s online mechanical licensing utility Limelight.   The campaigns ran at the end of 2010 with the winner officially announced at the Music & Entertainment Industry Educators Association (MEIEA) and MEISA Annual Conference last week in Los Angeles, California.

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Now, users of copyright.com have a fast, easy way to license cover songs and third-party compositions for release in the U.S. Today, Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. is announcing a partnership with music licensing and royalty service provider RightsFlow to refer customers interested in music licensing to Limelight, an online mechanical licensing clearance utility for musicians, bands, record labels, choirs, a cappella and other musical groups worldwide.

In an interview with Scott Sellwood, Rightsflow General Counsel, Chris Kenneally learns how “cover songs” have become more important than ever to new artists caught up in the phenomena of “American Idol” and “Glee.” Sellwood, a musician himself, ends the interview with a number from his own non-legal portfolio.

Listen to the interview at copyright clearance center.

Danvers, Mass. – Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a not-for-profit organization and leading provider of licensing solutions, has partnered with music licensing and royalty service provider RightsFlow.
CCC will refer business and academic users interested in cover song licensing to RightsFlow’s utility Limelight via links on copyright.com and through collaborative marketing outreach.

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Often the most valuable tools you have as an entrepreneur are your network, relationships and mentors. Although starting and running a business is sure to be a learning process, finding out what has and what hasn’t for those who have been there and done that can save you a lot of time and hard lessons learned. Here, seven successful entrepreneurs share their best business advice for fellow entrepreneurs.

Patrick Sullivan, president and CEO of RightsFlow, a New York-based licensing and royalty service provider serving YouTube, Rhapsody, and Muzak, started the company in his apartment three years ago. Today, it is a multi-million dollar firm with more than two dozen employees on both coasts. His advice is to identify the “pain area” your customers have and provide them with a solution. Read the rest of this entry »

When it launched in the fall of 2007, RightsFlow comprised four people working out of the living room of president/CEO Patrick Sullivan’s apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.Today, the company has established itself as a disruptive upstart in the growing field of mechanical rights management, employing a staff of 23 and capable of processing licenses for 30 million compositions owned or administered by 60,000 publishers.

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NEW YORK, NY March 3, 2011 RightsFlow, a leading licensing and royalty service provider, announced an agreement today with Wolfgang’s Vault, the online destination for live music.  The deal delivers expedited licensing, administration, and payment support for Wolfgangsvault.com (home to the world’s largest collection of live music audio, video and merchandise) and Daytrotter (the leading site for unique live performances from emerging bands).   The deal provides mechanical licensing, accounting and payment services for digital download and interactive streaming usage on both web properties.

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A quick 60 second presentation from RightsFlow’s General Counsel and SVP of business affairs, Scott Sellwood. His advice: quit your day job! Scott goes on to discuss how making a living as an artist is a humbling, empowering and educational business experience.

New York, NY (February 15, 2011) – RightsFlow, a leading licensing and royalty service provider in the $67B global music industry, has added accomplished Silicon Valley media executive and investor Doug Barry to its advisory board. Barry brings two decades of progressive leadership and passionate vision to this role to help drive strategic opportunity and partnerships for the NY-based company.

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NEW YORK, NY (February 10, 2011) – RightsFlow today announced an agreement with YouTube to assist with music rights management.  The deal allows YouTube to enlist RightsFlow’s help in processing and managing music rights.

David G. King, YouTube Product Manager responsible for rights management, said, “We are excited to be working with RightsFlow to help address the complexities around music rights management.”

Patrick Sullivan, RightsFlow President/CEO, added, “We are pleased to be working with the premier online video community to expedite rights administration and drive royalty revenues for publishers and songwriters.  Our agile technology platform and skilled staff enable us to effectively manage the accelerating traffic flow through YouTube’s intersection of content and commerce.”

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About RightsFlow

www.rightsflow.com

RightsFlow is a leading technology-enabled licensing and royalty service provider for artists, record labels, distributors, and online music companies. Our 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 23 million song database allow us to serve over 12,000 clients obtaining licenses from publishers and songwriters all over the world – including major, independent and artist controlled works.

RightsFlow also powers Limelight (www.songclearance.com), its online mechanical licensing utility providing the simplest way for musicians, bands, choirs and labels to clear any cover song. RightsFlow is a member of DDEX, DiMA, NARM and A2IM.

Contact for RightsFlow:

Michael Kauffman / SVP of Sales & Marketing

+1-646-461-6397

michael.kauffman@rightsflow.com

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Twitter.com/RightsFlow

About YouTube
YouTube is the world’s most popular online video community allowing millions of people to discover, watch and share originally-created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small. YouTube, LLC is based in San Bruno, CA and is a subsidiary of Google Inc.

Contact for YouTube:

Anna Richardson

press@youtube.com

Flying an airplane and performing brain surgery (legally!) require one. So does distributing music. What is it? A license!

Licenses allow you to legally distribute, cover, and adapt music you don’t own or control. Knowing which licenses exist and how to obtain them saves headaches, aggravation, and most importantly — exorbitant legal fees incurred from copyright infringement.

The Golden Rule of Licensing: if you don’t own or control it, you likely need a license to use it. There are a few exceptions (such as public domain compositions), though the golden rule is a common sense guideline that can help determine when licenses are needed.

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