Catalog, clearances, and royalty splits—B2B licensing workflows so producers get legal use fast and rights holders get paid accurately.

License tracks with confidence—metadata, territories, and splits that match your contract reality

We ingest masters and stems with ISRC/ISWC hooks where available; search surfaces mood, BPM, and exclusivity. Checkout generates licenses with PDF artifacts; usage reporting feeds royalty calculations your accounting can reconcile. Rightsholder portals approve deals and see earnings—not opaque spreadsheets.

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Music Licensing & Rights Management Platform Development

01 // THE MANDATE

Catalog, clearances, and royalty splits—B2B licensing workflows so producers get legal use fast and rights holders get paid accurately.

We ingest masters and stems with ISRC/ISWC hooks where available; search surfaces mood, BPM, and exclusivity. Checkout generates licenses with PDF artifacts; usage reporting feeds royalty calculations your accounting can reconcile.

Rightsholder portals approve deals and see earnings—not opaque spreadsheets.

02 // ENGINEERING

Development process

Structured phases—from discovery to launch—with clear ownership and handoff points.

Rights audit (weeks 1–4)

Catalog seeding, split validation, pilot licensors.

MVP (weeks 4–14)

Search, license cart, payment, PDF license.

Royalties (weeks 10–18)

Import usage; calculation engine v1; statements.

Launch (weeks 16–22)

First B2B customers; music supervisor onboarding.

Operate (ongoing)

New catalogs; rate card updates; collection society changes.

03 // CAPABILITIES

Core Capability Matrix

The building blocks of your solution

Catalog

uploads, waveform preview, metadata governance.

Rights

writers, publishers, splits; territory matrix.

Search

filters; similarity optional via partner APIs.

Licensing

term, media, territory, fee calculators.

Checkout

payments; contract PDF; audit trail.

Reporting

usage files from DSPs optional; royalty runs.

Curation

playlists for supervisors; clearance requests.

Fraud

duplicate detection; takedown workflow.

API

sync licensing for video platforms.

Compliance

PRO registrations handoffs; counsel-reviewed templates.

04 // DELIVERY LIFECYCLE

The strategic roadmap

Milestones and checkpoints—each phase has a clear outcome before the next begins.

Milestone 01Delivery

Weeks 1–4: Pilot catalog, legal templates.

Milestone 02Delivery

Weeks 5–12: Internal licensing drills.

Milestone 03Delivery

Weeks 10–18: Royalty beta with licensors.

Milestone 04Delivery

Weeks 17–22: Public B2B launch.

Milestone 05Delivery

Ongoing: Sync licensing; sub-publishers API.

05 // PRODUCT SCOPING

Choosing your path

Two engagement models—start lean and iterate, or commit to a full platform build from day one.

MVP

Speed & essentialism

Phase 1
MVP: browse, license, pay, PDF, basic rights display, manual royalty CSV. Excludes full matching to PRO distributions and micro-sync at YouTube scale. Proves deal flow before royalty complexity.
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Full product

Enterprise maturity

All-in
Full rights platform: fingerprinting partner, YouTube Content ID style workflows, global tax, sub-publishing.

06 // PARTNERSHIP

Why work together

A single accountable partner across strategy, build, and go-live—not a revolving door of vendors.

John Hambardzumian
Direct collaboration

End-to-end ownership: discovery, architecture, implementation, and launch—with clear communication and production-grade engineering.

  • Discovery & alignment
  • Systems that scale
  • Implementation depth
  • Clear comms

07 // CLARITY

Frequently asked

Software encodes contracts counsel approves—we do not replace entertainment lawyers.

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