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.
(NEW YORK) – The Music & Entertainment Industry Educators Association (MEIEA), Intercollegiate Record Label Association (IRLA), and leading licensing and royalty service provider RightsFlow have partnered on a fall educational and promotional campaign called “In The Limelight”. Participating university record labels and local Music & Entertainment Industry Student Association (MEISA) chapters will launch marketing efforts this month targeting student musicians, bands and choirs with information on the need for mechanical licensing when covering and releasing songs. The initiative will also drive awareness and adoption of Limelight, RightsFlow’s online mechanical licensing utility that provides a simple way for artists and bands to clear any cover song. Read the rest of this entry »
A musician’s job is to create music, and nothing more. Any other responsibility corrupts his or her artistic integrity.
OK. That’s an adorable idea, but let’s get real. These days, artists are able to exercise individual control over each aspect of their careers, but that can be a lot of work. The good news is that technology has created lots of efficiencies in everything from recording, marketing, to booking. What once took huge teams now can now be accomplished with anyone with a decent laptop and an internet connection. Yet there are spaces where DIY hasn’t gained much of a foothold. Read the rest of this entry »
If you are were an independent artist ten years ago, and you wanted to cover a famous song, say, something like The Temptations’ “Just My Imagination,” you would have needed to find the original publisher or copyright administrator and go through a series of motions to clear your version. “It could be a daunting task,” says Patrick Sullivan, the founder of a service called Limelight, which today makes that process a lot easier.
New York, NY August 2, 2010 – Limelight, an online mechanical licensing and reporting platform powered by RightsFlow, announced today that it is seeing worldwide adoption in under nine months with users in all 50 states and in more than 46 countries. Through its proprietary automated licensing system, the service helps bands, choirs and other musical groups obtain the necessary mechanical license for any song, from any publisher (including international publishers), reaching 100% of the publishing market. Read the rest of this entry »
Just as driving a school bus, flying an airplane, and operating heavy machinery (legally!) require the appropriate credentials, specific licenses are required to legally distribute, adapt, and publicly perform music. Knowing which licenses exist and how to obtain them can save headaches, aggravation, and most importantly – legal fees incurred from copyright violations (money that we’d all rather spend on cool instruments and better recording gear!) Read the rest of this entry »
Scott Sellwood is the Sr. VP and General Counsel of RightsFlow, Inc. Prior to being at RightsFlow Scott was practicing law part time and playing in a band called “Saturday Looks Good to Me” who released albums on both Polyvinyl and K Records. I wanted to speak to Scott because of his unique career and because of RightsFlow’s new product Limelight. Read the rest of this entry »
TORRANCE, Calif., June 14 /PRNewswire/ — Scion’s Music(Less) Music Conference will be held on June 17-18 at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel to bring together aspiring artists and industry luminaries for a two-day immersion of music fueled conversation. Top players in disparate musical genres will drive debates, panels and workshops as influential members of the music community provide up-and-coming artists with valuable industry insights and resources.
“Scion’s goal is to continually support influential and emerging artists with the opportunities and resources that otherwise might be unavailable,” says Jeri Yoshizu, Scion sales promotions manager. “Much like our audiovisual initiatives, we hope this conference will serve as a stepping stone for musicians to gain crucial industry experience and exposure while spotlighting industry insiders who don’t often get mentioned alongside new talent.”
Limelight, the simplest way to clear cover songs, put together this mix in the spirit of the World Cup. Not all countries are represented, but we tried our hardest to bring some of the most off-beat, interesting covers we could find. The Limelight team comes from all corners of the world and we love to show pride in our diversity and passion for music!
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/
