“These catalogs are historically accurate – the real deal,” Riptide Music Group Bob Kaminsky said in a statement. Riptide Music has signed a deal to serve as the synchronization representative handling the catalogs of Lansdowne, Winston, Bloor, Hoffman House Music Publishers, which collectively has a catalog of 60’s vintage music including rare garage rock, surf, doo wop and bluegrass music that includes over 1,250 songs from such artists as the Dillards, the Tri-Lites, the Splendours, the Excel Five and the Pyramids, including the latter’s song “Penetration.” “Distributing content, and providing a licensing and payment tracking infrastructure, is key to the continuing long term growth in the 3D printing ecosystem,” Source3 executive Tom Kurke said in a statement. The company is being funded by a seed investment from VanHam Ventures, a venture capital firm started in January 2014 by the RightsFlow founders, Sullivan and Cockerham. We intend to simplify how 3D content is licensed, monetized and produced.” “We saw firsthand how connecting content and technology could drive massive opportunities for monetization and we believe there are substantial parallels in the 3D content industry. “We see significant friction in this ecosystem, but also tremendous opportunity for industry growth,” Source3 CEO Patrick Sullivan said in a statement. Source3 also provides backend infrastructure for retailers and manufacturing hubs, clearing and managing third party intellectual property for physical production, as well as digital utilization in rendering, animation, search and display. According to the company, Source3 aggregates 3D content from brands and designers and distributes licensed designs for use within the broader 3D ecosystem, including retail and manufacturing marketplaces. Source3 will help aggregate and simplify rights management and distribution of 3D content. RightsFlow founders Patrick Sullivan and Ben Cockerham and key RightsFlow staffer/Youtube head of music publishing Scott Sellwood have left Google - which purchased RightsFlow in December 2011 - to form a new company Source3, and have been joined by 3D printing executive Tom Kurke, formerly president at Geomagic, which was acquired by 3D Systems in 2013. The founders of RightsFlow - which helped make sense of the digital music revolution by helping music publishers get paid from digital services - is taking their entrepreneur vision to a new industry: the 3D printing industry. “UMPG is fortunate to have an attorney of Michael’s caliber rejoin the family.” “After negotiating deals against Michael throughout the past fifteen years, it’s a pleasure to be on the same side of the table for the first time,” Kokakis said in a statement. Prior to that, Petersen ran business and legal affairs for UMPG, so he is rejoining the company. Previously, Petersen was chief operating officer and general counsel for Atlas Music Publishing, and before that was exec VP/GM for the Kobalt Music Group. Petersen will be based out of the company’s NYC office and responsible for contract negotiations for new and existing writer and catalog signings, acquisitions and other legal matters. Publishing Briefs: Sony/ATV Signs Tegan and Sara & Calvin Harris Extension, ole Nabs $50m Credit & Joey + Rory.Kobalt Publishing Hires Jamie McLaughlin as Creative Director.Go Time: Dan “The Automator” Nakamura’s Favorite San Francisco Record Shops.
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