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Artspages, a leading digital distributor from Norway, and RightsFlow, a provider of licensing and royalty services, announced today that Artspages will utilize RightsFlow’s proprietary mechanical licensing system (“FLOW”) to license, account, and pay publisher royalties for DPD, interactive streams and limited downloads, including subscription and ad-supported models on behalf of Artspages’ label clients.
“Partnering with RightsFlow helps us solve a common headache for our distributed labels – clearing publishing rights for the United States,” stated Dagfinn Saetra, Managing Director of Artspages. “Now our labels can tap into the knowledge base of RightsFlow in remedying the situation and adapt to the recent rates set by the Copyright Royalty Board.”
“RightsFlow is very happy to announce this latest agreement with Artspages,” stated Patrick Sullivan, President and CEO of RightsFlow. “We are excited ...read more

Other than street performers who get to keep all the money they collect in their hat, very few songwriters and composures get to retain the rights to their work. Labels emerged as a way to promote and distribute and artist’s music on a regional then national and international scope. In return, they required music creators to give up a certain percentage of their intellectual property. Years ago performers had very few options because the way the industry was structured it was extremely difficult to become successful without a label because they controlled distribution.
As a result of their monopoly, over the years there have been many cases of labels demanding most or all of the song rights in order for an artist or band to get a record deal. And the performers were desperate enough for success that they agreed. Then later, once they became successful, the performers would sue to get out of their contracts but still would not recoup any money. So there is a very good reason ...read more