Montreal, CANADA – June 3, 2010, 2010 – NuMuBu, an innovative social network dedicated to the B2B needs of the new music industry, has selected Limelight to provide mechanical licensing support to its members.

Clifford Schwartz, NuMuBu co-founder and president, says, “The NuMuBu mission is to provide business tools to the music industry community. Our partnership with RightsFlow and their Limelight service presents NuMuBu members with yet another feature and more opportunity. Every move we make is aligned with the needs of the new music industry and RightsFlow is moving in the same direction.” Read the rest of this entry »

April 29, 2010 New York, NY – As the digital music marketplace has grown in importance, digital rights administration is central to music creators monetizing their works. In an upcoming Q&A on May 11 with MusicDish founder Eric de Fontenay, RightsFlow President and CEO Patrick Sullivan will discuss the process by which publishers and songwriters are getting paid in the era of online music services such as iTunes, eMusic, Rhapsody and Napster.

“While digital rights administration is at the core of today’s music business, it is still an area largely misunderstood and neglected,” noted Eric de Fontenay. “If you don’t have a handle on your rights administration, all the marketing and social networking won’t mean much to your bottom line. RightsFlow has been a leader in this field and we are honored to have Patrick share with our audience his extensive experience in industry negotiations, licensing and royalty payments.” Read the rest of this entry »

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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 »

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 »

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 »