Licensing & Rights Management

Here is how this works in practice. We set up licensing and rights clearance for shoots filming in Austria, securing the permissions needed for music, footage, images, trademarks, and other intellectual property. Our team works with Austrian rights holders and legal pros to clear sync and master rights, negotiate stock and archive footage licences, and confirm location and brand permissions.

Here is the short of it. Music clearance in specific routes through Austria's collecting societies: AKM administers public-performance rights, Austro-Mechana handles mechanical reproduction, and the LSG represents performers and producers of recordings. We document each clearance under the Urheberrechtsgesetz, the Austrian Copyright Act, and make sure rights are secured for the areas and sites a production intends to distribute across, so content can be exploited without later legal exposure.

Here is the breakdown. Austria's rights environment is shaped by its strong cultural and broadcast sector. Public TV networks ORF holds major archive material that shoots often seek to licence. The country's deep musical heritage, with Vienna long known as the 'City of Music', means soundtrack clearances are a frequent and sensitive part of rights work. As an EU member, Austria applies harmonised copyright rules.

Here is the breakdown. This simplifies cross-border distribution within the bloc. While the collecting societies give set up channels for licensing and royalty admin. We also set up with the Österreichisches Filminstitut and regional funds where their support carries reporting or chain-of-title conditions. By managing research, deal-making, and records in one process, we give shoots a clean, enforceable rights position from pre-production through delivery and distribution.