There is no such thing as an “international copyright” that will automatically protect a work throughout the world unless licenses are obtained directly from copyright holders (e.g. lab...
ISWC stands for “International Standard Musical Work Code.” It is a unique, internationally recognized 11-character identifier for individual musical works. ISWC numbers identify w...
IPI stands for “Interested Party Information.”
It is alternately referred to as a “CAE number,” and is sometimes still written as “CAE/IPI.” It is a ...
PRO stands for “Performing Rights Organization.” A PRO ensures that songwriters and publishers get paid for the use of their works by collecting exclusively public p...
Publishers handle the business side of musical compositions, like licensing and copyright administration. A music publisher is a person or entity that controls how a musical work is used and moneti...
A sound recording (sometimes referred to as the "master" version) is a recorded performance of a composition.
Although a musical work is embodied within a sound recording, a ...
A recording artist performs a musical work that is recorded with the intent of releasing to the public. A recording artist may be one person, a group or band, or even a full symphony. &nb...
A writer is the author of all or part of a musical work, including a composer or lyricist. Also referred to as “songwriter.” Generally, the term “composer” is used for ...
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B.E. RELATIONS PUBLISHING collects the earnings for streams and downloads of the releases that you have distributed with us. These are known as the ‘m...