TuneSat's New Internet Monitoring & Administrative Services To Pursue Unlicensed Music Usages Online
The NYC-based audio monitoring service TuneSat today launched a new Internet monitoring service that will reportedly detect audio on millions of publicly available websites around the world. The company also introduced Administrative Services to help music rights holders pursue unlicensed and unpaid uses of their music detected by TuneSat on the Internet and on broadcast TV.
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Scott Schreer, CEO and Founder of TuneSat, called the Internet monitoring service “history in the making,” noting that it will make “worldwide detection easily available to all music rights holders, even for just one song.”
According to the announcement, TuneSat’s Internet monitoring searches publicly available domains, identifying music used in streaming audio, video, podcasts, flash and other multimedia files. TuneSat monitors the Web around the clock, immediately posting the results in its secure online interface. These detections could include files just posted moments before, or put online several years ago.
Every detection includes a link to both the site where the music is found, and the site where the content is hosted (for example, a website may offer a video embedded from elsewhere). TuneSat clients can use their information to review their licensing and royalty records. In the event of a discrepancy, subscribers can pursue the claim themselves, or contact TuneSat’s Administration Services for additional assistance.
TuneSat’s new Administration Services streamlines the process of dealing with copyright infringement for rights holders, examining infringements on a case-by-case basis and working with the client on an appropriate course of action. The TuneSat legal team is reportedly highly knowledgeable in copyright law in all of the countries monitored.
Rights holders can sign up for TuneSat monitoring services http://www.tunesat.com. Monthly subscription rates vary by number of tracks and type of service, starting at as little as $10 per month. Once audio files are uploaded for fingerprinting, TuneSat will begin to search for usages and deliver reports to the client’s online dashboard.
TuneSat reports also provide business intelligence regarding usage rates for a catalog, or specific writers, artists, and tracks, as well as gauging revenue patterns over time.