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Philippe PerreauxCEO of restorm.com“As a lawyer, I have been battling an outdated and complicated system of copyrights for more than a decade. I’m looking forward to realizing a vision with rightclearing. We will establish a model that is clear to everybody and will in future allow independent artists and YouTube users to license music.”
Joy ItoDirector of MIT Media Lab"I joined the restorm Advisory Board because I think rightclearing has the potential to radically renew the market of art licensing: it’s simple, innovative, transparent and fair.“
Hal Bringmanaccomplished media strategist, Internet media consultant for NVPR“Having spent so much time fighting to forge a digital music marketplace, rightclearing now has the potential to make this a reality. With rightclearing, Creative Commons moves from a respected concept to a commercial entity, as all forms of art can now be monetized in a transparent and efficient manner.”
Frank BodinChairman & CEO of Euro RSCG Zurich/Geneva“By radically simplifying the complicated process of music licensing, this idea could become a useful and important platform for advertising companies.“
David KohlerRapper and CEO of Mundartisten Records "rightclearing.com allows a small indie label like us to easily license our music to filmmakers and other music supervisors - without middlemen and at our own conditions."
Günter StöppelFounder Equinox Records"Especially for independent labels and artists, rightclearing could be next big thing. It’s the first page to provide a professional and easy-to-use solution for music licensing."
Nadine FriedelPromotion for Anker Platten"Up to now, we didn't know where to start in order to make money with music licensing. rightclearing helps us, as an independent label, to access new sources of revenue and most importantly offers very fair conditions.“
Boris LöhePresident of Mufin"These guys are extremely visionary, entrepreneurial and rebellious. I am proud to be part of their cosmos."
Raymond TschuiHead of A&R for N-Gage Production "In addition to the existing channels that we already use for our publishing activities, rightclearing by restorm.com offers us an even more direct and administratively easy access to more and previously unknown clients.“
Manuel FischerPromotion Manager of Mundartisten Records"rightclearing.com allows a small indie label like us to easily license our music to filmmakers and other music supervisors - without middlemen and at our own conditions.“
rightclearing helps people looking for music for their commercial projects. The robot quickly and easily calculates the cost of the use of the song. This new idea is putting pressure on the large corporations.
"The Berlin music producer Tim Renner supports the project from Switzerland. Because for artists and rights holders, use of their work shouldn't be about forbidding but about compensation."
"The music platform restorm.com wants to radically simplify the process of music licensing. The goal: Money for artists and fast licenses for clients."
"In the argument about copyrights on the net the positions are entrenched. Die Swiss page rightclearing.com wants to create a fair balance."
"rightclearing is addressed to professionals such as filmmakers or advertising agencies as well as individuals that need suitable background music for their next YouTube video. The aim of the new offer is to radically simplify the licensing process and reduce the amount of bureaucratic effort."
"The project from Zurich is an example for the numerous new possibilities the Web offers artists to market themselves."
"By eliminating the lawyers and negotiation factor it seems like it does make the process a lot easier – I can find and license the appropriate music in the course of an afternoon"
"The conflict about copyrights has torn deep rifts into the Net. A new platform from Switzerland shows that there is another way, by bringing together artists and users of their work."
"In the midst of all the SOPA, PIPA, ACTA rhetoric, and never-ending licensing chaos in the market, rightclearing is well-poised to provide a concise and compelling solution to the needlessly complex licensing labyrinth."
"Ito's Engagement unterstreicht rightclearing's Vision für Creative Commons Lizenzen als ein Weg, Urhebern zu ermöglichen, ihre Rechte zu behalten und trotzdem gewisse Nutzungen wie kopieren, weiterverteilen und bearbeiten zu erlauben."
"The Zurich company restorm.com have a taken a brave step for musicians with their new licensing platform. And they have big goals: They want to democratize one of the largest branches of the music industry and lay the foundations for a fair and modern system of copyrights."
Since the millennium, the music industry has increasingly chosen to promote restrictive laws such as ACTA as a way to combat falling sales. The Swiss company restorm.com wants to prove with rightclearing that a modern and open system for all is the better solution for this problem.
"rightclearing simplifies the existing procedure of music licensing by creating an easy way for them to license music just as simply and quickly as the process for uploading videos in the first place."
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17.01.2013
Experts vote rightclearing into the finals of three start-up contests
The Swiss music licensing platform rightclearing was voted into the finals of three start-up competitions. The expert panels of hy!Berlin, midem and DCM Europe selected rightclearing from a wide field of contestants. This shows that rightclearing is thought to play a key role in creating a modern system of copyright and generating new sources of income for the music industry, thanks to the way it radically simplifies the existing processes.More
The Swiss music licensing platform rightclearing was voted into the finals of three start-up competitions. The expert panels of hy!Berlin, midem and DCM Europe selected rightclearing from a wide field of contestants. This shows that rightclearing is thought to play a key role in creating a modern system of copyright and generating new sources of income for the music industry, thanks to the way it radically simplifies the existing processes.
Everybody agrees that Music licensing will constitute a key pillar of the music industry in the coming decade. The current system is, however, outdated, highly complicated and inflexible. This is sickening the entire industry as becomes clear not only from the heated discussion on copyrights in recent years. Rightclearing has quietly developed an infrastructure that shows how music licensing will work in future. The highly complex system is simplified and labels, musicians and publishers as well as clients from the film, advertising and film industry or private users profit from it. The experts of hy!berlin, Midem and DCM Europe seem in agreement that this is the future and rightclearing will have a significant impact on the market for music licensing in the coming decade.
The founder of rightclearing, Philippe Perreaux, recognized copyright expert and head of Creative Commons Switzerland will appear at all three events and be available for interviews.
hy!berlin, 18-19 January, Berlin (http://hyberlin.com/) hy!Berlin connect the global tech community with Europe. rightclearing is in the top 5 start-ups of the Alpha competition.
Midem, 26-29 January, Cannes (http://www.midem.com) For 46 years Midem has been an unavoidable meeting point for all actors in the music scene and one of the largest music fairs worldwide. rightclearing is in the top ten of the Midem lab “The Hottest Start-ups in “Direct-to-Consumer Sales & Content Monetization”.
Digital Content Monetisation Europe, 29-31 January, London (http://www.dcm-eu.com) DCM focuses on the monetization of digital content and is unique in this form in Europe. rightclearing has secured one of only 4 places in the start-up showcase.
The founder of rightclearing, Philippe Perreaux, recognized copyright expert and head of Creative Commons Switzerland will appear at all three events and be available for interviews.
hy!berlin, 18-19 January, Berlin (http://hyberlin.com/) hy!Berlin connect the global tech community with Europe. rightclearing is in the top 5 start-ups of the Alpha competition.
Midem, 26-29 January, Cannes (http://www.midem.com) For 46 years Midem has been an unavoidable meeting point for all actors in the music scene and one of the largest music fairs worldwide. rightclearing is in the top ten of the Midem lab “The Hottest Start-ups in “Direct-to-Consumer Sales & Content Monetization”.
Digital Content Monetisation Europe, 29-31 January, London (http://www.dcm-eu.com) DCM focuses on the monetization of digital content and is unique in this form in Europe. rightclearing has secured one of only 4 places in the start-up showcase.
22.02.2012
restorm.com launches the modern licensing platform rightclearing
In recent years, the music industry has increasingly chosen to promote restrictive laws such as SOPA as a way to combat falling sales. The Swiss company restorm.com challenges this approach and wants to prove with rightclearing that a modern and open system for all is the better solution for this problem..More
Every year over 2.5 billion dollars are spent on music for advertising, movies and TV series, but hardly any small labels profit from this source of revenue. If somebody wants to use a song for a project, the song has to be licensed first. Most people have no idea what this actually means. This is why independent artists can’t access this large market and many YouTube users unknowingly make themselves liable to prosecution by using their favorite songs for their videos. rightclearing, a modern licensing platform launched today, wants to solve these problems by profoundly simplifying the licensing process and opening up the market to all actors.
Philippe Perreaux, CEO of rightclearing and leading expert on copyright law, is convinced that such an open system is more promising for all involved than the restrictive approach of SOPA.
“SOPA is the opposite of what is needed. Laws like that inhibit all efforts to create a copyright landscape that supports cultural development. rightclearing enables anyone who wants to use music for their projects legally, to purchase the usage rights in mere minutes. In the long run, this will enrich the cultural exchange and also support the financial interests of the music industry.”
The Internet-visionary Joi Ito, who has invested in such companies as Flickr, Last.fm and Twitter at a very early stage, joined the advisory board of the Swiss company and shares this opinion:
“rightclearing shows the music industry and independent artists the large potential of the Internet. I think the future of music licensing lies in the open, transparent and fair approach of rightclearing.” The platform will launch with a catalogue of 13,000 songs available for licensing worldwide. Further agreements have already been signed with such partners as Rumblefish, so the catalog will grow over the following weeks to more than 100,000 tracks. rightclearing combines innovative thinking with cutting-edge technology and has the potential to shape how music licensing will work in the future. Maybe in time the large industry lobbies will come to realize that modern approaches offer greater potential than restrictive laws such as SOPA.
DownloadPhilippe Perreaux, CEO of rightclearing and leading expert on copyright law, is convinced that such an open system is more promising for all involved than the restrictive approach of SOPA.
“SOPA is the opposite of what is needed. Laws like that inhibit all efforts to create a copyright landscape that supports cultural development. rightclearing enables anyone who wants to use music for their projects legally, to purchase the usage rights in mere minutes. In the long run, this will enrich the cultural exchange and also support the financial interests of the music industry.”
The Internet-visionary Joi Ito, who has invested in such companies as Flickr, Last.fm and Twitter at a very early stage, joined the advisory board of the Swiss company and shares this opinion:
“rightclearing shows the music industry and independent artists the large potential of the Internet. I think the future of music licensing lies in the open, transparent and fair approach of rightclearing.” The platform will launch with a catalogue of 13,000 songs available for licensing worldwide. Further agreements have already been signed with such partners as Rumblefish, so the catalog will grow over the following weeks to more than 100,000 tracks. rightclearing combines innovative thinking with cutting-edge technology and has the potential to shape how music licensing will work in the future. Maybe in time the large industry lobbies will come to realize that modern approaches offer greater potential than restrictive laws such as SOPA.
23.02.2012
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rightclearing and Rumblefish join forces
The two licensing platforms signed a cooperation agreement aiming to modernize and simplify the market for synchronization music licensing.More
With over 750,000 songs, Rumblefish Music is the world's largest catalog for social media licenses and has sold over 5.3 million licenses for use in online videos. rightclearing simplifies the music licensing process with a modern search technology developed by the Fraunhofer Institute. Automated contracts and payment allow anyone to purchase licenses for their projects, whether for commercial or personal, non-commercial use. rightclearing opens up and democratizes the business of music licensing, making it easily accessible to independent artists. The partnership gives rightclearing access to the hand-curated Rumblefish catalog, from which songs will be imported so that licenses for them can be sold. By providing catalog access to rightclearing, Rumblefish gains an additional stream of revenue, increasing distribution for all its artists, labels, and publishers. Both parties see great opportunities in this cooperation with hundreds of millions of people uploading personal videos along with the steady growth of the commercial music licensing market.
Philippe Perreaux, CEO of restorm AG:
"We are very happy about our partnership with Rumblefish, the leading platform for music licensing in social media. We look forward to simplifying and democratizing the market for music licensing together.
Paul Anthony, CEO & founder of Rumblefish:
"Both the team and technology of rightclearing are top notch. We are providing them with the Rumblefish catalog as inventory, so they can focus on product development, marketing and sales in order to drive revenue for all parties involved. It's a mutually beneficial arrangement."
Philippe Perreaux, CEO of restorm AG:
"We are very happy about our partnership with Rumblefish, the leading platform for music licensing in social media. We look forward to simplifying and democratizing the market for music licensing together.
Paul Anthony, CEO & founder of Rumblefish:
"Both the team and technology of rightclearing are top notch. We are providing them with the Rumblefish catalog as inventory, so they can focus on product development, marketing and sales in order to drive revenue for all parties involved. It's a mutually beneficial arrangement."
