reallynice's comments

On: Bitcoin Makes Even Smart People Feel Dumb

[reallynice]

I think someone hasn't read the whitepaper.

On: I’ve supported myself for the past decade with my side project

[reallynice]

That's a lot of content to get licensed. You have to individually negotiate with every band and artist to get the license for their lyrics?

[yvoschaap2 → reallynice]

There are two companies available who are intermediaries between me (site) and the lyrics publisher (writer) and handle all licensing:

- Gracenote (they sold their lyrics licensing to lyricfind)

- Lyricfind

E.g. Google and Bing also license their lyrics offering through Lyricfind.

I only deal with them.

[giarc → yvoschaap2]

Out of curiosity, is getting the rights to a lyric catalogue a 4 figure, 5 figure, 6 figure deal?

[yvoschaap2 → giarc]

Back then there was a minimum commitment in the 6 figures.

[logfromblammo → reallynice]

Unlikely. First you go to ASCAP, then all of its competitors. For artists that don't use a rights clearance and royalty processing company to handle that stuff, you might just wait to get a letter from their attorney and offer a reasonable settlement based on the ASCAP rate.

Tracking down loose artists on your own initiative just to give them enough money that they won't track you down and sue you seems like an overly honorable use of time and money to coexist with a successful business.

[yalooze → reallynice]

There are 3 main record labels (Sony, Universal, and Warner) which own pretty much the entire market. So just 3 contracts to negotiate (or 4 if you include EMI pre 2012).

[hammock → reallynice]

ASCAP and BMI are who you deal with. For small potatoes they have rate cards, making it as easy as pie.

On: Enter a pair of names to see if any intersections in the US match those names

[reallynice]

It’s worth mentioning that you can enter just one name and Crossing will pull in a bunch of intersections across the country that contain that one moniker.