Rights Management
18 dispatches
Indie Producer's Guide to Managing Rights Without a Legal Team
An indie producer lost an $85,000 AVOD deal by failing to confirm worldwide rights in 30 days. How to build chain of title without a legal team.
AI in Rights Management: From Contract PDFs to Structured Deal Data
How AI powered rights management turns thousands of contract PDFs into structured deal data, building a rights map in weeks instead of six months.
Why Mid-Size Distributors Are Replacing 7 Tools With One
A European distributor spends $250,000 annually on 7 disconnected tools and 2 FTEs whose job is moving data between them. Here is the operational and financial case for consolidating rights management, royalties, and content operations into a single platform.
We Tracked 500 Titles in Excel. Here's Why We Stopped.
A LATAM distributor grew to 500 titles across 22 territories on 34 spreadsheets, until a near miss and $120K in formula errors forced the move.
How a Sales Agent Tracks Rights Across 30 Territories
A sales agent with 45 titles across 30 territories needed 48 hours to answer one buyer question. How rights software makes it a 10 second answer.
The Case Against DIY Media Operations in 2025
Building media operations in house looks cheaper than it turns out to be. The real cost of a custom rights, royalties, and content stack in 2025.
The Problem with Traditional Avails Systems
Rights tools and spreadsheets have not kept pace with the industry. The shared problems that slow avails down and cost distributors sales opportunities.
Introducing AI Rights Management: Turn Long Form Contracts into Searchable Rights
Molten Cloud's AI Rights Management turns long form contracts into a searchable rights database in minutes, as recently featured in Deadline.
Comparing Rights Tools: CRM, DRM & Molten Cloud
Dive into a comparison of the capabilities of different Rights tools, including DRM, CRM, and Molten Cloud.
Beyond CRM or DRM: Rights Management Systems Explained
Rights management is neither CRM nor DRM. What a Rights Management System actually does, and where tools like Salesforce and Widevine stop being enough.
Molten Cloud Launches AI Rights Management with The CW Network
Molten Cloud launched AI powered rights management with The CW Network, turning long form contracts into a searchable rights database within minutes.
Data Health Check Tool - A Game Changer for Film Distributors
The Data Health Check Tool builds data integrity into daily operations for film distributors, from onboarding through financial reporting.
Pristine Data - The Unintended Consequence of Molten Cloud Royalties
Moving royalty calculations to Molten Cloud raises data quality across the whole organization, not just in finance. Why clean data is the side effect.
How Molten Cloud Scheduler App is Automating Dealmaking for Film Distributors
The Scheduler automates dealmaking for film and TV distributors, turning meeting scheduling and deal tracking into one connected market workflow.
QR Codes: Your Secret Weapon for Film Market Success
How teams use QR codes to put territory specific avails in front of buyers faster at film markets, including what worked for Jackrabbit Media.
(Almost) Everyone Does Avails Wrong
Why traditional avails go stale and error prone, and how Standard PDF Avails, QR Reports, and Dynamic Templates keep them accurate and current.
The Power of the Advanced Search
How Giant Pictures moved from fragmented data to precise content handling with Molten Cloud Advanced Search, and answers client queries faster for it.
5 Winning Sales Strategies from Distribution Executives
Jack Campbell, Barrett Dungy, and Arjun Mendhi share five sales strategies for sellers at AFM and other markets, from preparation through follow up.