patrick sullivan president founder and ceo benjamin cockerham founder cfo and chief strategy officer headquarters new york city new york united states services accounting administration licensing website www.rightsflow.com rightsflow is an american company that provides organizations bands songwriters and individuals with music licensing services and royalty payment solutions . 1 it was founded in 2007 . rightsflow is based in new york city new york . it was co founded by patrick sullivan and benjamin cockerham 2 who are still with the company . sullivan is currently the president & ceo and cockerham is currently the cfo and chief strategy officer . additional members of the executive team include scott sellwood senior vice president and general counsel 3 fred beteille senior vice president operations and technology michael kauffman senior vice president of corporate communications & content 4 chris lydle vice president of sales & marketing and alex holz vice president of artist and client relations . 5 the company was acquired by google on december 9 2011 6 with the deal announced on the youtube blog . 7 contents 1 brief history 2 services 3 references 4 external links brief history edit launched in 2007 rightsflow now claims over 16 000 clients 8 including youtube 9 muzak wolfgang s vault 10 and rhapsody 11 as well as cdbaby disc makers we print discs and zynga . 12 rightsflow was selected 8 on crain s new york best places to work in nyc for 2011 . 13 the company was acquired by google in december 2011 and is now a subsidiary of youtube . 14 services edit rightsflow provides online music services record companies distributors and artists the ability to license music and lyrics while also managing payments for the rights holders . 15 through their limelight service rightsflow helps secure the mechanical license for individuals artists and bands . 16 through their myspark service the company simplifies copyright registration with the united states copyright office . limelight is an online rights clearance service to secure a mechanical license or the right to record a cover version of a song . limelight charges a small fee to attempt to secure the license . 17 myspark is an online utility that simplifies copyright registration for creators and owners of various forms of intellectual property including literary works visual arts sound recordings performing arts and software . 18 references edit christman ed . rightsflow builds a business around clearing song rights march 18 2011 article from billboard billboard staff . power players 30 under 30 august 21 2010 article from billboard weiss david . rightsflow nyc s mechanical animals of music licensing april 28 2010 article from sonicscoop.com osorio alexandra . michael kauffman and chris lydle elevated by rightsflow august 16 2011 article from digital music news music think tank . cash for covers 3 easy ways to make money from cover songs on digital stores february 22 2011 article on music think tank sisario ben . media decoder youtube buys company that processes music royalties december 9 2011 article on the new york times media decoder blog king david . easier copyright management on youtube december 9 2011 post on the youtube blog leblanc larry . in the hot seat with larry leblanc patrick sullivan october 25 2011 article from celebrity access o dell jolie . youtube enlists help for music rights management february 10 2011 article from mashable osorio alexandra . also rightsflow wolfgang s. . . news post march 3 2011 post on digital music news ha anthony . rightsflow raises 1.5 m to help manage music licensing august 26 2009 online article from venturebeat . tartakoff joseph . rightsflow raises 1.5 million for music licensing and royalty payment platform august 26 2009 online article from paidcontent . crain s new york . 1 december 5 2011 online list from crain s new york . smith ethan . google acquires music royalty manager rightsflow december 9 2011 article on the wall street journal online lao reena . rightsflow scores 1.5 million for consumer facing site to obtain music rights august 26 2009 online article from techcrunch . peoples glenn billboard biz business matters june 04 2010 online article from billboard biz . inman davis . next big nashville spotlight limelight september 21 2010 online article from next big nashville . robley chris . myspark the easiest way to register your copyrights november 18 2011 online article from the diy musician blog . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rightsflow & oldid 733751758 categories digital audiocompanies based in new york citycopyright collection societiesmusic publishinggoogle acquisitionshidden categories articles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured 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