{"id":83959,"date":"2021-02-19T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=83959"},"modified":"2021-02-19T15:46:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T15:46:42","slug":"the-beach-boys-are-the-latest-artist-to-sell-their-intellectual-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/the-beach-boys-are-the-latest-artist-to-sell-their-intellectual-property\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beach Boys Are The Latest Artist To Sell Their Intellectual Property"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Image credit: Gems\/Redferns\/Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><span style=\"color: #3366FF\"> The Beach Boys join artists such as Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Mick Fleetwood in selling their music rights.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/3oDbviiivRWhXwIE8hxkVV?si=peYFEjvaTIuXdlbEMYa_9w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Beach Boys<\/a><\/strong> have sold the rights to their music, becoming the latest artist to hand over copyright to another party (not Hipgnosis this time).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They join an ever growing line of artists (mostly from the 60\u2019s &amp; 70\u2019s) who have sold off the rights to their back catalogues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/3oDbviiivRWhXwIE8hxkVV?si=peYFEjvaTIuXdlbEMYa_9w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Beach Boys<\/a><\/strong> haven\u2019t just sold the rights to their music but the whole brand too. Industry veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iconicartistsgroup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Irving Azoff\u2019s Iconic Artists Group<\/a> snapped the rights to their entire brand and music in a deal that is yet to be made public. Azoff now owns their master recording, the rights to Beach Boys\u2019 name, their likeness and a share of their publishing rights and all memorabilia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deal does allow the band to own an interest in their assets, but Azoff\u2019s Iconic will have all the power in business decisions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/pro\/features\/beach-boys-rights-sale-azoff-1129316\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rolling Stone<\/a> CEO Olivier Chastan explained that \u201cThe Beach Boys, in a sense, are not just a band. They\u2019re a lifestyle. They\u2019re a consumer brand. And they\u2019ve never really exploited that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also teased what fans can expect from the Beach Boys brand, with an interesting in new technologies \u201cThat includes VR, AR, 3D, CGI, natural language processing, et cetera\u201d. He continued, \u201cThat, to me, is probably the most interesting aspect of what\u2019s going to transform our business. In five years, I could send you a text and say, \u2018At 2 p.m., let\u2019s put our Oculus Rift glasses on, and let\u2019s go see the Beach Boys record \u2018Good Vibrations\u2019 at Western Recorders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/why-music-legends-are-selling-their-publishing-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">With the gold rush in full effect you can expect more older artists to be snapped up by the likes of Azoff and Hipgnosis<\/a>, who have been the most prevalent during this. 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