Here’s a cross-platform score for you: NYC-based Harry Fox Agency (HFA), the well-established provider of rights management solutions for the music and other intellectual property-based industries, has nailed down what could be a big deal with Google Play, the digital application distribution platform for Android developed and maintained by Google. Read more...
Licensing for online media saw an important evolution this past August when the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) and YouTube’s parent company, Google, settled an NMPA lawsuit. The resulting settlement paved the way for increased efficiencies for UGC (User Generated Content) to use and legally license copyrighted music on videos Read more...
The increasingly buzzing online music administration space just got a high-powered new entry.
NYC-based TuneCore today announced the launch of TuneCore Songwriter Service, a multifaceted songwriter publishing administration service. It is designed to allow songwriters to efficiently:
— globally register their copyrights
— collect owed royalties
— protect and police Read more...
NYC-based The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (HFA) has entered into a publishing licensing, administration and management agreement with the digital music service Spotify.
Under the agreement, HFA will clear mechanical publishing rights for Spotify, licensing certain rights in millions of musical works from thousands of publishers. Spotify will utilize HFA’s Read more...
The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (HFA), an NYC-based provider of rights management, licensing, and royalty services for the music industry, has announced a licensing deal with Cricket for its music service, Muve Music.
In the deal, HFA will license Muve Music on behalf of HFA’s affiliated music publishers by clearing Read more...
