A2IM: American Association of Independent Music

AMRA is a mechanical rights society that licenses to record labels throughout the World. We collect directly from record labels in the US and Canada and from over thirty International societies throughout the rest of the World. AMRA also issues licenses for film/tv uses, ( synchronization licenses) , karaoke, digital downloading and all the newest technology. Personal services and ongoing, aggressive pursuit of unpaid royalty collection.

Founded in 1987, Counterpoint Systems is the world leader in software solutions for rights management, royalty accounting and product licensing. The company’s specialized software products employ the most sophisticated and up-to-date technologies and its dedication to research and development ensures that Counterpoint keeps pace with changes in legislation and industry practices. Counterpoint Systems’ extensive client list includes Big Loud Bucks, BMG Rights Management, Bug Music, Concord Records, eMusic, Rounder Records, and The Orchard. Counterpoint Systems is headquartered in London and has offices in Los Angeles and New York.

Fintage House was set up in 1986 in The Netherlands. Our main offices are in the Netherlands, Hungary and the United Kingdom and we have representatives in Australia, Japan, Italy Spain and the USA. Our staff consists of highly trained professionals who, speak a multitude of languages alongside English, including Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, German, Hungarian and Dutch. Our team is dedicated to a strong work ethic and is familiar with many international laws, regulations, treaties and rules of collection societies. As a result Fintage House has set industry standards in many of its business areas. We pride ourselves on confidentiality, loyalty and the ability to adapt our core products to safeguard and maximise earnings potential of the rights we exploit. Our distinguished and unconventional approach to standard industry practices is aimed at building a secure and transparent business environment. Over the years Fintage House has exploited and collected revenues on a large number of major feature films. Our catalogue for music and secondary rights collection contains thousands of titles and we hold the image rights of a large number of the world's pre-eminent athletes and artists. We work with leading producers and publishers and our worldwide network includes top accountants, agents, lawyers, business managers and advisers. We are present at all major film and TV markets such as AFM, NATPE, Cannes, Berlin, Toronto as well as the music markets like MIDEM and Popkomm. Fintage House is active in the exploitation of intellectual property rights as well as the provision of financial services; all within the boundaries of the entertainment industry.

Music Royalty Solutions

Seeking answers to how you can improve your marketing and promo strategy? • Is streaming via web or mobile phone impacting your audience? o BDS captures music streamed online and via mobile devices with streaming providers Vevo (to be added in January 2011), Yahoo!, AOL, Rhapsody, Napster, Verizon, Slacker Radio, MOG, Thumbplay, MediaNet, and Guvera, as well as satellite, network, and music video channels in Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the US. • Are you successfully digitally distributing your music? o SoundScan tracks over 40+ digital download providers in the US and Canada, as well as physical retailers and venues. • Need to know where your strongest local markets are, and where to target promotional push? o Via SoundScan, see a sales breakdown for the 99 markets that we track, so you know where your music is being sold (even digitally!) o Through BDS, find out exactly what radio stations are playing your music, so you can adjust your on-air promotional campaign. • How are my sales and airplay activity doing outside of North America? o Nielsen Music International provides airplay and digital sales tracking abroad. • Is streaming impacting my music positively or negatively? o Via custom report, we are able to provide streaming and sales data to compare impact over time. Our powerful research tools, Nielsen SoundScan and BDS, can help you fine-tune your marketing and promo campaigns. Nielsen Music and A2IM are working together to build a range of new packages tailored to the indie community that are flexible to your needs! Please contact us at lily.liao@nielsen.com or 646.654.5606 to get pricing discounts available ONLY to A2IM members.

RightsFlow is a leading technology-enabled licensing and royalty service provider for artists, record labels, distributors, and online musiccompanies. Our technology powers rapid song identification and provides an unprecedented level of transparency for both licensees and licensors. RightsFlow specializes in obtaining bulk physical, DPD, and ringtone licenses including streaming, tethered, and limited download rights. Our proprietary “FLOW” licensing technology and 30-million song database allow us to serve over 16,000 clients obtaining licenses from publishers and songwriters all over the world – including major, independent and artist controlled works. RightsFlow also powers Limelight (www.songclearance.com), its online mechanical licensing utility providing the simplest way for musicians, bands, choirs and labels to clear any cover song. Clients include YouTube, Rhapsody, Muzak, The Orchard, INgrooves, Wolfgang’s Vault, Thumbplay, Guvera, Dada Entertainment/Play.ME, Scattertunes, [PIAS],Alliance, Kontor New Media, Zynga, Beatport, Zebralution, E1 Canada, CD Baby, Disc Makers, Qello, REBEAT, & X5 Music Group. RightsFlow is a member of ASCAP, AIM,A2IM, Chorus America, DDEX, DiMA, MENC, MEIEA, NAB, NAMM, and NARM. RightsFlow is headquartered in NYC and has offices in San Francisco and Atlanta.

Mission Statement: “You make the music; We do the math.” Royalty Solutions Corp (RSC) is dedicated to efficiently and effectively serving the royalty processing and business management needs of independent record labels and music publishers. For all record labels and music publishers, royalty processing is a contractual obligation. For many, it is a daunting and often overwhelming task, if one does not have the right knowledge and the appropriate software. Reviewing revenue statements and determining how to distribute royalties to artists and writers is extremely time consuming. The process also requires costly software that is challenging to use. For the independent label and publisher in particular, royalty processing takes valuable time away from the creative process. By outsourcing their royalty functions to RSC, labels and publishers can maximize their time, focusing on the creative aspects of their business. Additionally, they minimize overhead costs by avoiding having to maintain full-time royalty staff. RSC is familiar with all facets and inner-workings of the music industry and has the utmost respect for the creative process. It has developed a streamlined method for accurately, quickly and cost effectively managing the task of royalty processing and uses only the most up to date software.

RoyaltyShare, Inc. is focused on providing comprehensive royalty accounting services to record labels, music distributors and music publishers. RoyaltyShare’s solutions were built from the ground up to manage the complexities inherent in digital distribution. Our services allow customers the freedom to pursue new revenue streams by providing the back-end support required to manage multiple and inconsistent data sources and accurately compensate artists, publishers and songwriters.

SoundExchange is an American performance rights organization designated by the U.S. Copyright Office to collect and distribute digital performance royalties for featured recording artists and sound recording copyright owners (typically record labels). SoundExchange collects royalties paid by statutory licensees including XM and SIRIUS satellite radio; noninteractive webcasters like AOL, MSN and Live 365, and the digital cable and satellite TV music services Music Choice and Muzak. In addition to these statutory royalties, SoundExchange has entered into agreements with overseas performance rights organizations like SENA (Netherlands), RAAP (Ireland), Abramus (Brazil) and PPL (UK) and is currently negotiating with many others to collect foreign royalties on behalf of U.S independent labels and artists who provide mandates to SoundExchange.