Audius and ICE Forge Multi-Territory Licensing Agreement

19 December 2024

Audius, the largest decentralized music community and discovery platform for artists and their fans, announced today that it has forged a multi-territory licensing agreement with International Copyright Enterprise (ICE). The new deal establishes a pathway for more than 330,000 rights holders to receive royalties where their music is used on Audius across a broad territorial footprint, including sub-Saharan Africa and Asia Pacific.

 

“ICE is one of the most forward thinking technology players in royalty collection and distribution,” said Shamal Ranasinghe, Chief Business Officer at Audius. “Establishing an agreement with them ensures that thousands of artists, songwriters and other rights holders around the world can begin earning royalties via Audius’ global music marketplace.”

 

Audius has signed deals with a number of important players in music publishing and performing rights over the last several months, including Kobalt, ASCAP, BMI, SESAC and GMR, to name a few. These new deals give songwriters, artists and other rights holders the ability to generate revenue within Audius’ music marketplace, which empowers fans to support their favorite artists via direct U.S. dollar payments.

 

“Our mission at ICE is to proactively embrace and support emerging platforms like Audius, ensuring creators, songwriters and publishers all benefit from a dynamic and evolving international music ecosystem,” said Tim Rawlinson, VP of Licensing at ICE. “We’re happy to collaborate with Audius, whose platform not only creates and fosters deep connections between artists and fans, but also opens up new revenue opportunities to ensure sustainable growth across unique digital ecosystems.”

 

This partnership aligns with ICE’s mission to expand licensing solutions for creators across unique digital platforms. By supporting Audius in reaching audiences beyond the U.S., ICE reinforces its commitment to empowering creativity and enabling the music industry to thrive in a rapidly changing environment.

 

About Audius

Audius is a global decentralized music community and discovery platform that puts the artist in control. Audius is run by a vibrant, open-source community of artists, music fans and developers from all over the world, which makes it possible for artists to retain control of how their work is distributed and creates new revenue streams for them and other rights holders around the sharing of their music. With millions of unique monthly users, Audius is one of the largest decentralized applications in the world. Sign up today at https://audius.co.

 

About ICE:

ICE is a music technology company built by rightsholders, for rightsholders. It ensures accurate, transparent royalty payments to songwriters and simplifies licensing for DSPs. Working with Publishers and CMOs, ICE provides top-tier Licensing, Processing, and Copyright services.

Serving over 330,000 rightsholders, ICE has processed trillions of music streams and paid over €4.5 billion in royalties since 2016. The ICE Core licence includes repertoire from the major collection societies, such as PRS, STIM, and GEMA, and major independent publishers like Peer, Concord and Songtrust.

With a copyright database of over 54 million musical works, ICE operates across the UK, Germany, and Sweden.

www.iceservices.com

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