Four days of CMJ-sponsored panel discussions at NYU’s Kimmel Center last month saw musicians and music-industry professionals hashing out some of the most pressing issues facing the music business today. Not surprisingly, the monetization and piracy of digital music was a subject that came up in all panels, though (also not surprisingly) the issue was never fully resolved. Meeting one week before Google’s announcement of a partnership with MySpace, Lala, Rhapsody, and imeem to launch its OneBox music search engine, the panelists proposed a variety of remedies for the five-billion-dollar loss that the music industry has suffered annually, ostensibly due to pirating, since 2000.

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INgrooves – a provider of digital music distribution, marketing and promotion services – has partnered with RightsFlow. RightsFlow will provide INgrooves’ clients with access to licensing, accounting and royalty payment platforms.

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New York, NY– June 17, 2009 – Essential USA, a joint venture between the Rocket Science marketing firm and the Cooking Vinyl label, has hired RightsFlow to license, account, and pay publisher royalties for physical, mechanical and DPD licenses on behalf of Essential USA’s as well as select Rocket Science clients.
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Arlington, VA– June 14, 2009 – An agreement concluded recently between a U.S. royalty service provider and a major Australian collection agency is aimed at improving the mechanism for payment of digital royalties owed to Australian and New Zealand songwriters for transactions in the United States.
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Brisbane, Australia – June 9, 2009 – Australasian Performing Right Association and sister organization the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society has struck a digital royalty collecting accord with RightsFlow, the N.Y.-based bulk mechanical licensing, royalty services and accounting provider.

The breakthrough agreement, announced today (June 9), means digital royalties owed to Australasian songwriters for transactions in the United States will be accounted for and paid through to the Australasian rights holders.
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New York, NY – June 8, 2009 – APRA|AMCOS – music copyright organisations representing Australian and New Zealand songwriters and their publishers – and RightsFlow, a provider of bulk mechanical licensing and royalty services, announced today an agreement that will allow RightsFlow to identify Australian and New Zealand works based upon their clients’ master record content. The project will ensure that digital royalties owed to Australian songwriters for transactions in the US will be accounted for and paid through to the Australasian rights holders.
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Santa Monica, CA– June 8, 2009 – APRA|AMCOS, a group representing writers and publishers in New Zealand & Australia, has now tapped RightsFlow to help monitor and collect mechanical royalties on usages in the US.

Midem is now giving Midemnet a more prominent and integrated position, according to event organizers. The digital-focused Midemnet will still prepend the larger event, though mainline attendees will have access and digital aspects will expand. The action starts late January.
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Encino, CA – June 8, 2009 – Essential USA, a joint venture between Rocket Science and Cooking Vinyl and RightsFlow, a provider of licensing and royalty services, announced today that Essential USA will utilize RightsFlow’s proprietary mechanical licensing system (“FLOW”) to license, account, and pay publisher royalties for physical, mechanical and DPD, licenses on behalf of Essential USA’s as well as select Rocket Science clients.
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St. Cloud, MN – June 5, 2009 – W3i, a provider of marketing solutions that increase revenue, distribution and engagement for Windows applications and plug-ins, and RightsFlow, a provider of music licensing and royalty services, announced today the creation of an integrated music marketing platform designed to help artists and labels monetize free music downloads through media support.

“W3i has developed solutions to enable the distribution of free content for over nine years,” comments Robert Weber, Vice President of Business Development at W3i. “Our proprietary technology, Install IQ, and W3i’s Download Network can help downloadable content providers increase their revenue as well as ensure speed-to-market while utilizing minimal artist resources.”
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New York, NY – May 26, 2009 RightsFlow, Inc., the leading mechanical licensing and royalty solutions company representing labels, distributors and music services, announces the addition of Kim Gerlach, Esq. as Manager of Licensing. Ms. Gerlach will oversee licensing operations for international publishers and domestic publishers for the more 1,500 clients represented by the company.

Ms. Gerlach strengthens RightsFlow’s global licensing and royalties capabilities, bringing to RightsFlow formal legal training, years of music industry licensing experience and German fluency
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