Amie Street Taps RightsFlow for Canadian Licensing and Royalty Accounting Services
RightsFlow, a provider of bulk mechanical licensing and royalty services, has announced a deal to handle Canadian royalty reporting for Amie Street, a growing online digital music retailer with a demand based pricing system.
RightsFlow will assist Amie Street by providing licensing and reporting services to CMRRA/SODRAC, Inc. (collectively known as “CSI”) on Amie Street’s behalf for downloads in Canada, as outlined in accordance with CSI’s Online Music Services Tariff, 2005-2007.
“RightsFlow’s technology and service solution fills a key need for Amie Street’s effort to automate the royalty administration process for Canadian sales,” said Peter Asbill, Chief Content Officer of Amie Street. “We’ve had strong customer growth because of our unique community driven pricing model and are excited to utilize a cost-effective system that will save us significant time and money as we continue to grow.”
“We are delighted to work with a forward-thinking company like Amie Street,” said Patrick Sullivan, CEO of RightsFlow. “We look forward to demonstrating how RightsFlow’s proven, simple service can provide a cost-effective solution for mechanical licensing compliance and royalty accounting for Amie Street.”
On AmieStreet.com, songs are priced based on their demand, and customers receive money for more downloads when they recommend their favorite songs. By allowing consumers to drive the price of music, a song’s price becomes a measure of its popularity, enabling people to discover new music with more ease and convenience.
RightsFlow is one of the leading experts in mechanical licensing, simplifying how rights holders get paid. As new methods of consuming music have emerged the company has been a pioneer in solving the complex issues of copyright compliance and royalty payment.
