Rumblefish Inc.

Rumblefish Inc. is a music licensing company.

History

In 2010 Rumblefish partnered with YouTube to allow YouTube video creators to pay a small fee to legally license music for their videos.[1][2]

In late 2011 Rumblefish entered into a partnership with CD Baby to license the music from CD Baby's independent artists for movies, TV shows, ads, video games, apps, and YouTube.[3][4]

Controversy

Rumblefish has generated controversy by sending copyright takedown notices to YouTube alleging copyright violations in videos' soundtracks, even when the user has written rights to the usage of a particular song or recording.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ June 28, 2010 by Samuel Axon 151 (2010-06-28). "License Songs for Your YouTube Videos at $1.99 Each". Mashable.com. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  2. ↑ Heater, Brian (2010-06-23). "YouTube, RumbleFish Partner for 'Friendly Music' | News & Opinion". PCMag.com. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  3. ↑ Scott Steinberg. "CD Baby, Rumblefish Partner for Online Music Licensing Program | Scott Steinberg". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  4. ↑ Robley, Chris (2012-01-18). "Make Money on YouTube, Film, TV and more with CD Baby Sync Licensing | DIY Musician". Diymusician.cdbaby.com. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  5. ↑ Doctorow, Cory (2012-02-27). "Rumblefish claims to own copyright to ambient birdsong on YouTube". Boing Boing. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  6. ↑ http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120227/13044117890/rumblefish-ceo-claiming-copyright-your-incidental-recordings-birds-was-merely-series-unfortunate-errors.shtml

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