RightsFlow (acquired by Google YouTube)
Entertainment ProvidersNew York, United States0-1 Employees
RightsFlow is a technology-enabled provider of licensing and royalty services for online music companies, record labels, distributors, artists, and songwriters. It was acquired by Google in December 2011 and is now part of the YouTube team. Its FLOW licensing technology and a database of more than 30 million songs support content identification, licensing, accounting, and royalty payments, including bulk physical, DPD, and ringtone rights as well as streaming, tethered, and limited-download rights. RightsFlow serves more than 16,000 clients worldwide, obtaining licenses from publishers and songwriters and it operates the Limelight and MySpark Copyright utilities. The company is headquartered at 76 Ninth Avenue, New York, NY 10011, and maintains membership in industry associations such as AIM, A2IM, ASCAP, Chorus America, DDEX, DiMA, MEIEA, NAfME, NAB, and NARM.