RightsFlow
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RightsFlow is an American company that provides organizations, bands, songwriters and individuals with music licensing services and royalty payment solutions. It was founded in 2007.
RightsFlow is based in New York City, New York. It was co-founded by Patrick Sullivan and Benjamin Cockerham, who are still with the company. Patrick is currently the President
& CEO and Benjamin is currently the CFO and Chief Strategy Officer.
, Muzak , Wolfgang's Vault
, and Rhapsody
, as well as CDBaby
, Disc Makers
and Zynga
.
for individuals, artists and bands.
LimeLight is an online rights clearance service to secure a mechanical license
, or the right to record a cover version
of a song. Limelight charges a small fee to attempt to secure the license.
RightsFlow is based in New York City, New York. It was co-founded by Patrick Sullivan and Benjamin Cockerham, who are still with the company. Patrick is currently the President
President
A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
& CEO and Benjamin is currently the CFO and Chief Strategy Officer.
Brief History
Launched in 2007, RightsFlow now claims over 16,000 clients, including YouTubeYouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
, Muzak , Wolfgang's Vault
Wolfgang's Vault
Wolfgang's Vault is a private music-focused company established in 2003 dedicated to the restoration and archiving of live concert recordings in audio and video format and the sale of music memorabilia. It began with the collection of the late promoter Bill Graham, and added multiple other music...
, and Rhapsody
Rhapsody (online music service)
Rhapsody is an online music store subscription service, launched in December 2001, and available in the United States only. On April 6, 2010, Rhapsody officially declared its independence from RealNetworks. Downloaded files come with restrictions on their use, enforced by Helix, Rhapsody's version...
, as well as CDBaby
CD Baby
CD Baby is an online music store specializing in the sale of CDs and digital music downloads from independent musicians to consumers. The company is also a digital aggregator of independent music recordings, distributing content to several online digital music retailers.CD Baby has achieved recent...
, Disc Makers
Disc Makers
Disc Makers is primarily a CD and DVD manufacturer that caters to independent musicians, filmmakers, and small businesses. Disc Makers competes with many established CD and DVD replicators in North America including , , , , , and ....
and Zynga
Zynga
Zynga is a social network game developer located in San Francisco, United States. The company develops browser-based games that work both stand-alone and as application widgets on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace....
.
Services
Rightsflow provides online music services, record companies, distributors and artists the ability to license music and lyrics while also managing payments for the rights holders. Through their LimeLight service, RightsFlow helps secure the mechanical licenseMechanical license
A mechanical license is a license that grants certain limited permissions to work with, study, improve upon, reinterpret, re-record something that is neither a free/open source item nor in the public domain....
for individuals, artists and bands.
LimeLight is an online rights clearance service to secure a mechanical license
Mechanical license
A mechanical license is a license that grants certain limited permissions to work with, study, improve upon, reinterpret, re-record something that is neither a free/open source item nor in the public domain....
, or the right to record a cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of a song. Limelight charges a small fee to attempt to secure the license.