First of its kind agreement will improve data
efficiency throughout the global digital music
industry
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SoundExchange and the Societies'
Council for the Collective Management of Performers' Rights (SCAPR)
jointly announced that SoundExchange is the first non-member
collective management organization (CMO) to be able to create and
issue international performer numbers (IPNs).
The IPN is a unique universal identifier associated with a
performer. Created and administered by SCAPR, the IPN is used to
identify a performer in data exchanges with other CMOs around the
world. Through this agreement, SoundExchange will create and assign
SCAPR's IPNs to further link performers to their recordings to
improve the efficiency of identifying their creative contributions
throughout the global digital music economy.
"Our agreement with SCAPR is a significant achievement for the
SoundExchange community of more than 700,000 creators as we
continually seek to increase the efficiency, accuracy, and value of
data exchanges in the global music economy," said Michael Huppe, President and CEO of
SoundExchange. "As the largest neighboring rights collective
in the world and a global music data authority, we are proud
to become the first non-SCAPR member CMO outside to forge such a
partnership with SCAPR. IPNs represent another tool in our
expanding arsenal helping to get the right people paid the
royalties they deserve."
"SCAPR is thrilled to announce that the U.S. neighboring rights
organization SoundExchange is a user of the SCAPR IPN Creation
App," said Remy Desrosiers, SCAPR
Managing Director. "This will allow SoundExchange to create IPNs
for their performers and enrich its database with our global and
authoritative identifier, further increasing the quality of the
data exchanges between SoundExchange and the SCAPR CMOs. Through
the launch of this new tool for non-SCAPR CMOs, we are promoting
the dissemination of the IPN which will lead to an even more
efficient and global identification of performers all along the
creation chain for their ultimate benefit."
About SCAPR
SCAPR, the Societies' Council for the
Collective Management of Performers' Rights, founded in 1986, and
based in Brussels, Belgium, is an
umbrella association of performers' Collective Management
Organisations (CMOs). SCAPR's mission is to be the global leader in
the collective management of performers' rights, leveraging its
role as an umbrella organization of CMOs across the world to
support, promote, and maintain a worldwide, cross-border system of
collecting and distributing performer royalties that is fair,
efficient, accurate, transparent, and continually improving. For
more information, please contact secretariat@scapr.org or
follow SCAPR on LinkedIn.
About SoundExchange
SoundExchange is the premier
music tech organization on a mission to power the future of music.
It was independently formed in 2003 to build a fairer, simpler, and
more efficient music industry through technology, data, and
advocacy. The only organization designated by the U.S. government
to administer the Section 114 sound recording license,
SoundExchange collects and distributes digital performance
royalties on behalf of 700,000 music creators and growing. Through
proprietary music tech solutions that turn data into accurate
revenue, SoundExchange has paid more than $11 billion in distributions to date. For more
information, visit soundexchange.com.
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