LyricFind Teams Up with French Music Publishers Association, CSDEM and Licensing and Metadata Experts, Music Story, Strengthens Role of Legal Lyrics in France
LyricFind, the world leader in legal lyric display licensing, has inked a deal to distribute French lyrics, and has signed an agreement with Music Story, the foremost music metadata provider in the market. Music Story will represent LyricFind for Sales and Business Development in France.
The partnership will give LyricFind access, through SEAM (French collective management organization dedicated to graphic reproduction rights), to CSDEM’s members extensive lyric catalogue, Base d’Œuvres de l’Edition Musicale (BOEM), a legal lyrics database that makes lyrics accessible to companies who want to use them online to enhance their products and services. Music Story will be the exclusive representative in France for LyricFind clients that wish to obtain song lyrics and their publishing rights. Music Story will also facilitate licensing by ensuring the provision of data, sales and technical support. In its deal, LyricFind will pay royalties to the publishing representative for the use of lyrics.
In its partnership with CSDEM, LyricFind will now be able to make additional French lyrics available to its clients, which comes as a great benefit for international clients like music streaming service Deezer who are based in Europe.
“As a LyricFind client, we are excited to have access to CSDEM’s French lyrics through reliable partners like LyricFind and Music Story,” states Ludovic Pouilly, SVP Institutional & Music Industry Relations at Deezer. “The addition of French lyrics to our service will undoubtedly enhance our users’ music experience and enjoyment.”
“This deal establishes LyricFind’s footing in the French market and reinforces our position as the world’s go-to provider of licensed lyrics,” explains LyricFind CEO, Darryl Ballantyne. “It’s great to announce yet another international partner, this time in France, right as MIDEM kicks off. It points to the importance of lyrics as an income stream for songwriters and to the global partnerships lyric licensing demands.”