Dubset Media Holdings, the rights-flow and fingerprint technology company, today announced the launch of the world’s first formal DJ Royalty Program being offered by its internet radio site Thefuture.fm. SoundCtrl interviewed Thefuture.fm VP of Marketing Chris Nagy last year.
Powered by the company’s patent-pending MixSCAN technology, Thefuture.fm provides one of the only platforms for DJs to share mixes with their fans under full rights compliance, and DJs will begin earning multiple royalties themselves.
The MixSCAN technology parses mixes into thousands of individual audio files, comparing each against the Gracenote database. The resulting output is a “Mix DNA” that not only identifies all underlying music, but all rights metadata associated with it. The platform is rights compliant and fully integrated with all performance rights organizations including ASCAP, SESAC, BMI, and SoundExchange. It reports all mix and listener data downstream and makes necessary royalty payments on behalf of the site and the DJ.
“Mix streaming technology is a unique area of expertise for the company,” says Bob Barbiere, CEO. “Since Thefuture.fm pays a portion of its revenue to the performance rights organizations, DJs can use the site to share their mixes without the threat of copyright infringement or takedown notices. Although DJs traditionally share mixes for free, most free sites are not DMCA compliant and create a potentially large financial liability for the DJ. DJs who choose Thefuture.fm to share music with their fans represent a growing number who understand the risks and are concerned about the artists whose music they are mixing.”
Grab Thefuture.fm mobile app at iTunes.
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