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Audible Magic

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Written by Parydise Support Team
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What is Audible Magic?

Audible Magic is a technology company that specializes in digital content identification and management solutions. Founded in 1999, Audible Magic provides a range of services designed to help content creators, rights holders, and digital platforms manage and protect their content in the online environment.

Audible Magic plays a crucial role in helping content creators, rights holders, and digital platforms navigate the complexities of digital content management and protection in the online landscape. Its technology solutions help maintain the integrity of digital content and ensure that rights holders are able to protect and monetize their creative works effectively.

Audible Magic: Licensing

Audible Magic Licensing works by providing rights holders with the ability to monetize their content through licensing agreements with digital platforms and services. Here's how it typically works:

  1. Content Identification: Audible Magic utilizes its technology to identify digital content uploaded or distributed on digital platforms. This includes audio, video, and other multimedia files.

  2. Rights Holder Registration: Rights holders, such as music labels, publishers, artists, and content creators, register their content with Audible Magic and establish ownership rights.

  3. Licensing Agreements: Audible Magic negotiates licensing agreements with digital platforms, social media networks, streaming services, and other online entities that use or distribute digital content. These agreements typically outline the terms and conditions for the use of copyrighted material, including payment terms, usage restrictions, and reporting requirements.

  4. Content Monetization: Through licensing agreements, rights holders are compensated for the use of their content on digital platforms. This may involve revenue-sharing arrangements, where platforms pay rights holders a portion of the revenue generated from the use of their content, such as advertising revenue or subscription fees.

  5. Monitoring and Enforcement: Audible Magic's technology continues to monitor the use of licensed content on digital platforms to ensure compliance with licensing agreements and copyright laws. This includes detecting and taking action against unauthorized use, such as copyright infringement or piracy.

  6. Royalty Distribution: Audible Magic facilitates the distribution of royalties to rights holders based on the usage of their content on digital platforms. This involves tracking usage metrics, calculating royalty payments, and distributing funds to rights holders according to the terms of their licensing agreements.

Audible Magic: Restrictions

According to the guidelines set by digital service providers (DSPs), certain genres and content types are prohibited. These include:

  • Production loops and sound effects.

  • Karaoke recordings.

  • Classical music recordings of compositions in the public domain.

  • DJ sets or continuous mixes.

  • Prayer recordings.

Audible Magic: Partners

  • ViaPath (formerly GTL)

  • Styngr

  • Keefe Group

  • Turnkey Corrections

  • Broadtime.com

  • Audible Magic Fingerprinting

  • Audible Magic Licensing (provides sub-licenses to some platforms)

  • JPAY

Audible Magic - Automatic Content Recognition, Content Identification (ID) and Rights Administration

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