BZ/Rights & Permissions, Inc. - Music Clearance, Film Clip Clearance, Rights Clearance/Licensing Rights of all kinds

The Most Comprehensive Rights Clearance Service In the Business

Telephone: (212) 924-3000 Fax: (212) 924-2525 info@bzrights.com

BZ/Services

Aside from the handling of your rights project, BZ/Rights offers these additional services:

EXPERT LEGAL WITNESS

Because BZ/Rights does nothing but clear copyrighted materials for every conceivable use, its CEO Barbara Zimmerman is often called on as an expert legal witness to determine the value of a property in the current market place - anything from the use of the James Bond property on a TV commercial to use of a song at an in-house meeting. We also supply expert testimony on the customs and practices of the licensing/rights /copyright community.

SEARCHES AT THE COPYRIGHT OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

We are able to commission a quick cost-effective search for you.

PUBLIC DOMAIN

We’ve received so many inquiries about the Public Domain status of music and literature, that we formed a subsidiary, The BZ/Rights Stuff, which publishes books on the subject of Public Domain. We now offer five books. They are: They Never Renewed: Songs You Never Dreamed Were in the Public Domain (96 titles of 50s & 60s popular songs that made the Billboard charts and are in the Public Domain because their copyrights were not properly renewed — all yours to use for free), Great Literary Works in the Public Domain, Great Children’s Literature in the Public Domain, All Things Christmas in the Public Domain, and The Mini-Encyclopedia of Public Domain Songs.

Click here to see detailed descriptions of the books and an order form.
Or visit our website ThePublicDomainSite.com to find materials about the Public Domain and see our book listings.

We are experts in the area of Public Domain. If you want to know if music, film and TV clips, stories, characters, photos, art, celebrities are in the Public Domain, consult us.

A BZ/Brief on Public Domain is available from the Free Info section of this website

RENT A FEATURE FILM

Would it be useful to you or your company to be able to rent and show a major motion picture?

We can help you do that - legally.

CONSULTATION ON RIGHTS CLEARANCE

	BZ advises and trains staff at companies that want to do their own rights clearance projects.
	BZ advises theatres, dance companies etc on rights clearance issues involved in performances.
	BZ conducts tests to see if new ventures based on using copyrighted materials will be feasible.
	BZ advises you on what elements have to be cleared and what don't, in any given project.
	BZ works with companies using intellectual properties on the Internet or in formats such as CD-ROM.

NOTED SPEAKER ON RIGHTS CLEARANCE/LICENSING ISSUES

CEO Barbara Zimmerman has guest lectured for The New School, New York University, The Ad Age Creative Workshop. The Four A's, Women in Film, The Independent Film Makers ICS, AAP (American Association of Publishers), The CD ROM Convention, Seybold, E 3 and the ITVA (International Television Association), now the Media Communications Association and the Institute of the Practitioners of Advertising in London.

If you'd like to have Barbara talk at anything from a staff meeting to a convention, please get in touch.

ARTICLES ON RIGHTS CLEARANCE/LICENSING ISSUES

CEO Barbara Zimmerman also writes extensively on rights issues. She has had articles published in Videography, Publishers Weekly, Multi-Images. AV Video, Video Systems, The Public Domain Report, Multimedia & Technical Licensing Law Report, CD ROM Professional, ITVA News, Content, Industrial Photography, Photo Methods, Teleconferencing News and Chicago, Film & Video Weekly, among others.

If you are interested in an article for your publication, please get in touch.