Music licensing

Company Profile for Pro Music Rights

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Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Entertainment, Technology, TV and Radio, Celebrity, Online, Music, Mobile, Wireless, Copyright collection societies, Intellectual property law, Royalty payment, Music licensing, Performance rights organisation, Music publisher, Sirius Satellite Radio, Fee, Broadcast Music, Inc., Copyright collective

Pro Music Rights is what is known as a music performing rights organization.

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  • Pro Music Rights is what is known as a music performing rights organization.
  • Pro Music Rights issues licenses for a monthly or annual fee, then retains that fee as revenue for Pro Music Rights, and then collects the usage fees from businesses that use music, including television and radio stations; broadcast and cable networks; new media, including the Internet/streaming services and mobile technologies; satellite audio services like XM and Sirius; nightclubs, hotels, bars, restaurants and other venues; digital jukeboxes; and live concerts.
  • These usage fees are then distributed as royalties to the songwriters, composers & music publishers that Pro Music Rights represents.
  • Pro Music Rights is recognized in U.S. copyright law as a licensor of music and currently represents more than 2 million musical works.

Custom Channels Urges U.S. Department of Justice to Maintain Music Licensing Protections for Businesses

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Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Streaming music services, Online music stores, Copyright collection societies, Music industry, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Karaoke, Playlist, Music licensing, Google Play Music, Music, Software, Telecommunications

BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Businesses that play music could be paying a lot more in music licensing costs if the U.S. Department of Justice scraps or modifies nearly 80-year-old antitrust protections as requested by music licensing agencies ASCAP and BMI.

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  • BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Businesses that play music could be paying a lot more in music licensing costs if the U.S. Department of Justice scraps or modifies nearly 80-year-old antitrust protections as requested by music licensing agencies ASCAP and BMI.
  • "Music licensing is extraordinarily complex, and most businesses have no clue how it works," said Custom Channels co-founder and president David Rahn.
  • The music in question could be from any sourcebackground music, a DJ, live musicians, Radio or TV, YouTube, even Karaoke.
  • Rahn's company, Custom Channels, provides customized streaming music playlists designed for businesses and includes the PRO license fees as part of a subscription.

SESAC Honors Music Composers and Publishers at Annual Event

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Friday, June 7, 2019
Copyright collection societies, Intellectual property law, United States copyright law, Music publishing, SESAC, Performance rights organisation, Harry Fox Agency, Music licensing, Royalty payment, Music publisher, Copyright

Zoo to You Music: The Champion Within, Dr. Chris Pet Vet, Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan, Innovation Nation, The Inspectors, Journey with Dylan Dreyer, Lucky Dog, The Open Road with Dr. Chris, Pet Vet Dream Team, Vacation Creation, The Voyager with Josh Garcia, Wilderness Vet

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  • Zoo to You Music: The Champion Within, Dr. Chris Pet Vet, Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan, Innovation Nation, The Inspectors, Journey with Dylan Dreyer, Lucky Dog, The Open Road with Dr. Chris, Pet Vet Dream Team, Vacation Creation, The Voyager with Josh Garcia, Wilderness Vet
    Devin Powers: Couples Court with the Cutlers, Paternity Court, Whacked Out Sports
    Evan Frankfort: Ocean Treks with Jeff Corwin, Vacation Creation
    Beginning to Roar: Couples Court with the Cutlers, Paternity Court
    Fox Tunes Inc: How I Met Your Mother, Modern Family
    Zoo to You Music: Ocean Treks with Jeff Corwin, Vacation Creation
    SESAC Holdings isa leader and innovator in music licensing.
  • It is the only U.S.-based music rights organizationthat administers public performance, mechanical, and other rights through its subsidiary businesses.SESAC Performing Rights Organization, the second oldest PRO in the U.S., drives efficiency in licensing for music users, and enhances value for its affiliated writers, publishers and composers by providing timely, efficient royalty distribution powered by a sophisticated cloud-based data services platform.The Harry Fox Agencyis the leading provider of mechanical licenses, and issues the largest number of licenses for physical and digital formats of music in the U.S., and handles royalty payments to music publishers for over 100,000 catalogs.Rumblefishprovides rights administration services and licensing support for a broad range of music users and media companies.Mint Digital Services, a joint venture with SUISA, administers copyrights for multi-territorial online usage on behalf of songwriters, composers and music publishers.
  • SESAC Holdings has offices in New York, Nashville, Los Angeles, London and Munich.

Company Profile for Pro Music Rights

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Monday, May 20, 2019
Entertainment, Music, Technology, Internet, Software, Celebrity, Online, Copyright collection societies, Intellectual property law, Royalty payment, Music licensing, Music publisher, Sirius Satellite Radio, Fee, Broadcast Music, Inc., Copyright collective

Pro Music Rights is what is known as a music performing rights organization.

Key Points: 
  • Pro Music Rights is what is known as a music performing rights organization.
  • Pro Music Rights issues licenses for a monthly or annual fee, then retains that fee as revenue for Pro Music Rights, and then collects the usage fees from businesses that use music, including television and radio stations; broadcast and cable networks; new media, including the Internet/streaming services and mobile technologies; satellite audio services like XM and Sirius; nightclubs, hotels, bars, restaurants and other venues; digital jukeboxes; and live concerts.
  • These usage fees are then distributed as royalties to the songwriters, composers & music publishers that Pro Music Rights represents.
  • Pro Music Rights is recognized in U.S. copyright law as a licensor of music and currently represents more than 2 million musical works.

Billboard-charting Songwriter & Recording Artist OG Maco Signs with Pro Music Rights

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Monday, May 20, 2019
Entertainment, Licensing (Entertainment), Music, Technology, Software, Celebrity, Online, Intellectual property law, Copyright law, Music industry, Copyright collection societies, Performance rights organisation, Royalty payment, Performing rights, Maco, Music licensing

Pro Music Rights, the groundbreaking performing rights organization (PRO) that recently partnered with music technology company VNUE, Inc. (OTC:VNUE) to require its Soundstr MRT (Music Recognition Technology) for all of its licensees, is proud to announce the signing of Billboard-charting recording artist and songwriter OG Maco.

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  • Pro Music Rights, the groundbreaking performing rights organization (PRO) that recently partnered with music technology company VNUE, Inc. (OTC:VNUE) to require its Soundstr MRT (Music Recognition Technology) for all of its licensees, is proud to announce the signing of Billboard-charting recording artist and songwriter OG Maco.
  • I'm overjoyed that OG Maco has chosen to bring his catalog to the Pro Music Rights family, Pro Music Rights Founder and CEO Jake P. Noch said in a statement.
  • Pro Music Rights is a privately-funded, for-profit performing rights organization, only the fifth-ever organization of its kind formed in the United States.
  • Pro Music Rights pays 100% of all public performance royalties directly to the performers, songwriters, publishers, and legally entitled rights holders who have joined Pro Music Rights on a monthly basis.

VNUE, Inc. And Pro Music Rights Partner To Create New Paradigm In Music Performance Licensing

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Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Intellectual property law, Patent law, Copyright collection societies, Data, Expense, Royalty payment, Music licensing, Music industry, Copyright, Articles, Information

Pro Music Rights, a privately funded for-profit PRO founded by entrepreneur, musician, and multi-millionaire music industry executive Jake P. Noch, exploded into the music licensing scene in 2018 and has quickly made a name for itself.

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  • Pro Music Rights, a privately funded for-profit PRO founded by entrepreneur, musician, and multi-millionaire music industry executive Jake P. Noch, exploded into the music licensing scene in 2018 and has quickly made a name for itself.
  • VNUE and Pro Music Rights intend to start rollout to licensees within 3-4 months for businesses that do not have live music, and 6-12 months for those that do.
  • Pro Music Rights will be updating its license agreements in the coming days to reflect the Soundstr requirement.
  • Pro Music Rights pays 100% of all public performance royalties directly to the performers, songwriters, publishers, and legally entitled rights holders who have joined Pro Music Rights on a monthly basis.

Playing music in public

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Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Copyright collection societies, Intellectual property law, United Kingdom copyright law, PRS for Music, Law, Phonographic Performance Limited, Data, Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, Copyright, Music licensing

Monday, March 11, 2019This Library Paper gives a very brief overview of when an organisation needs a licence to play music in public.

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  • House of Commons Library

    This Library Paper gives a very brief overview of when an organisation needs a licence to play music in public.

  • Under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, permission is needed from the relevant copyright holders those who create, record and publish music in order to play or perform music in public.
  • There is no statutory definition of "playing in public", but the courts have ruled that it is "any playing of music outside of a domestic setting".
  • PPL and PRS for Music have set up PPL PRS Ltd to offer a single joint music licence for organisations and businesses playing music in public.

US-Based Public Performance Rights Organization Pro Music Rights Reaches a 7.4% Market Share Making It The 3rd Largest Public Performance Rights Organization In The United States

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Thursday, August 16, 2018
Music industry, Copyright law, Copyright collection societies, Performing rights, Royalty payment, Law, PRO, Music licensing, Culture, Creativity

Pro Music Rights pays 100% of all Public Performance Royalties directly to the performers, songwriters, publishers, and legally-entitled rights holders who have joined Pro Music Rights on a monthly basis.

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  • Pro Music Rights pays 100% of all Public Performance Royalties directly to the performers, songwriters, publishers, and legally-entitled rights holders who have joined Pro Music Rights on a monthly basis.
  • Jake P. Noch founded Pro Music Rights as its current Chief Executive Officer after experiencing firsthand the systematic issues that plague the field of Public Performance Rights.
  • Pro Music Rights brought in Grammy Award-winning engineer and producer Paul Ring to act as the President of Pro Music Rights.
  • Retrieved August 15, 2018, from https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2018/08/03/pro-music-rights-7-4-market-...
    US-Based PRO Pro Music Rights Reaches a 7.4% Market Share A2IM.

US-Based Public Performance Rights Organization Pro Music Rights Reaches a 7.4% Market Share Making It The 3rd Largest Public Performance Rights Organization In The United States

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Music industry, Copyright law, Copyright collection societies, Performing rights, Royalty payment, Law, PRO, Music licensing, Culture, Creativity

Pro Music Rights pays 100% of all Public Performance Royalties directly to the performers, songwriters, publishers, and legally-entitled rights holders who have joined Pro Music Rights on a monthly basis.

Key Points: 
  • Pro Music Rights pays 100% of all Public Performance Royalties directly to the performers, songwriters, publishers, and legally-entitled rights holders who have joined Pro Music Rights on a monthly basis.
  • Jake P. Noch founded Pro Music Rights as its current Chief Executive Officer after experiencing firsthand the systematic issues that plague the field of Public Performance Rights.
  • Pro Music Rights brought in Grammy Award-winning engineer and producer Paul Ring to act as the President of Pro Music Rights.
  • Retrieved August 15, 2018, from https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2018/08/03/pro-music-rights-7-4-market-...
    US-Based PRO Pro Music Rights Reaches a 7.4% Market Share A2IM.