Pro Music Rights Financial Group

What Pro Music Rights Financial Group does

Pro Music Rights Financial Group is a US-based performing rights organization (PRO) and the operating trade name of Music Licensing, Inc. (OTC: SONG), a publicly traded diversified holding company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Naples, Florida. As the fifth federally recognized PRO in the United States and the third largest by market share at 7.4%, it represents a catalog of more than 2.5 million musical works across hip-hop, R&B, and mainstream artists, and has issued music licenses covering over 87,000 commercial locations as well as enterprise platforms including TikTok (ByteDance), iHeartMedia, Napster, Triller, Vevo, and 7Digital.

The core product is the Pro Music Rights Platform, supported by a fully automated, transparent music licensing dashboard and reporting system that provides real-time royalty tracking, catalog performance metrics, and streamlined catalog submission workflows. The company has standardized public performance rights licensing and has begun incorporating AI-generated music into its catalog and bundling AI-driven solutions into platform partnerships, particularly under its renewed ByteDance/TikTok agreement. Management is led by Chairman, CEO and Founder Jake P. Noch, with Livio Harris as Senior Vice President of Global Operations.

Revenue is generated through recurring monthly and annual public performance license fees paid by licensees, royalty collection and distribution flows from represented rights holders, royalty rights acquisition in musical works, and litigation-driven recoveries from licensing enforcement actions. The parent, Music Licensing, Inc., has executed a reverse merger with Nuvus Gro Corp, completed a 1-for-500,000 reverse stock split and material share-count reduction, achieved Penny Stock Exempt status, uplisted to the OTC ID Market Tier, redomiciled from Nevada to Florida, and in May 2026 announced the formation of a Luxembourg-based Special Purpose Vehicle to securitize licensee agreements, copyright infringement claims, and litigation assets, alongside a comprehensive platform modernization and rebranding initiative.

Name

Pro Music Rights Financial Group

Legal name

Music Licensing, Inc.

Website

https://promusicrights.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Pro Music Rights is a US Performing Rights Organization licensing public performance rights for a 2.5M+ work catalog to 87,000+ commercial venues and major streaming and broadcast platforms, with royalty distribution, enforcement-driven recoveries, and AI-licensed content as revenue streams.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Music Licensing and Royalty Collection

NAICS

Music Publishers (512230), Music Publishers (51223), Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) (533)

SIC

Patent Owners & Lessors (6794), Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Performing Rights Organizations (PROs) & Public Performance Licensing (MPAIAKAA)

Keywords

• Music licensing services
• Public performance rights
• Royalty collection
• Performing rights organization
• Copyright enforcement

Headquarters

HQ city

Naples

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Performance License Fees: Pro Music Rights issues music licenses for a monthly or annual fee to businesses that use music (venues, restaurants, bars, hotels, radio, TV, streaming services, etc.), retaining the license fee as revenue while collecting usage fees distributed as royalties to represented rights holders.
2. Royalty Collection and Distribution: Collects usage fees from businesses that use music and distributes royalties to songwriters, composers, and music publishers represented by Pro Music Rights.
3. Royalty Rights Acquisition: Acquires royalty-generating intellectual property stakes in musical works by prominent artists, generating ongoing royalty payments from streaming and licensing activity.
4. Licensing Enforcement and Litigation: Pursues copyright infringement claims and litigation against parties who refuse to obtain valid licenses, seeking damages and settlements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Pro Music Rights Financial Group operates as a Performing Rights Organization (PRO) that acquires licenses from songwriters, composers, and music publishers, then issues public performance music licenses to businesses (TV/radio stations, broadcast and cable networks, streaming services, satellite audio, nightclubs, hotels, bars, restaurants). It collects monthly or annual license fees, distributes royalties to represented rights holders, and pursues copyright enforcement litigation against non-compliant entities. The parent Music Licensing, Inc. (OTC: SONG) holds the operating assets and pursues structured finance initiatives including a Luxembourg SPV.

Product overview

Pro Music Rights Financial Group operates primarily as Pro Music Rights, a Performing Rights Organization (PRO) and diversified holding company offering music licensing services. The core product is the Pro Music Rights Platform, which administers public performance rights licensing and royalty collection for over 2.5 million musical works. Supporting products include the Music Licensing Dashboard and Reporting System (providing automated royalty tracking and reporting) and the Standardized Public Performance Rights License (offering uniform licensing terms). The company serves licensees including TikTok, iHeartMedia, Triller, Napster, 7Digital, and Vevo, representing works by artists such as A$AP Rocky, Wiz Khalifa, Pharrell, Migos, Gucci Mane, and AI-generated music.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pro Music Rights Platform (Public Performance Licensing Service)
• Music Licensing Dashboard and Reporting System
• Standardized Public Performance Rights License

Quantifiable outcome

• 7.4% US market share as the third largest PRO
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TikTokcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 23 May 2022Pro Music Rights announced licensing agreement with TikTok for music content on the short-form video platform. The agreement was later renewed with provisions for innovative music and AI solutions.
• VNUE, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 April 2019Partnership to create new paradigm in music performance licensing. VNUE is a music technology company focused on live performance rights and micro-licensing.
• Gora LLCminorOthersPartnership with New York-based legal service company for copyright and licensing support.
• ByteDancecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorParent company of TikTok; renewed agreement includes innovative music and AI solutions.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Royalty Exchange: Royalty Exchange operates a marketplace for buying and selling music royalty streams; comparable to Pro Music Rights' royalty rights acquisition stream and its emerging SPV securitization strategy around royalty and claim assets.
• Music Reports Inc. Music Reports provides rights administration technology and royalty processing for music publishers and digital services, overlapping with the technology-backed licensing dashboard that Pro Music Rights has built around its PRO business.
• Audiam: Audiam focuses on mechanical royalty collection and rights administration for songwriters, comparable to Pro Music Rights' royalty collection and rights administration functions for represented writers.

Broad incumbents

• APM Music: APM Music is a large background/sync music licensing library serving broadcasters and content creators, comparable to Pro Music Rights' standardized public performance and sync-adjacent licensing offering to commercial and broadcast customers.
• SoundExchange: SoundExchange is the designated US organization for collecting neighboring/sound recording performance royalties, adjacent to PRO functions and a key counterpart for digital platform licensing alongside Pro Music Rights.

Direct peers

• BMI: Broadcast Music, Inc. is the second-largest PRO in the US, directly comparable to Pro Music Rights in licensing public performance rights, collecting royalties, and representing songwriters and publishers across commercial and broadcast channels.
• Harry Fox Agency: Harry Fox Agency administers mechanical licensing and royalty distribution for music publishers in the US, directly comparable to Pro Music Rights on the rights administration and royalty processing side of the music rights business.
• ASCAP: The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is the largest PRO in the United States, offering the same public performance licensing and royalty collection services as Pro Music Rights and serving as the dominant incumbent competitor.
• Global Music Rights (GMR): GMR is a newer US PRO competing for the same songwriter/publisher relationships as Pro Music Rights and offering similar public performance rights licensing to broadcasters and digital platforms.
• SESAC: SESAC is one of the four US PROs, performing the same public performance rights licensing and royalty distribution that Pro Music Rights does, representing songwriters and publishers for broadcast and digital use.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/promusicrights

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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