Importance of IT infrastructure FOR CMOS
Particular issues concerning Investment of Information Technology Infrastructure for Collective Management Organisations.
Explanation
A CMO should utilize a proper functional data model, which caters for the needs to document, identify, collect, allocate and distribute the Rights Revenue represented by the CMO in the respective territory and in relation to other territories the CMO cooperates with, considering applicable transparency rules. The IT infrastructure should carefully implement the business processes of documentation, collection, allocation, and Distribution. A CMO should look at existing solutions, prior to developing a customized system. Distribution is facilitated through existing international identifiers (EIDR, IPI, IPN, ISAN, ISBN, ISNI, ISRC, ISSN, ISWC, VRDB-ID, etc.), exchange formats and protocols (CRD, CWR, DDEX, SDEG, etc.) and dedicated industry IT standards (AV Index, Cis-Net, IDA, IPD, IPI System, VRDB, etc.).
PROVISIONS OF THE BILL IN REGARD TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CMOs.
| A CMO should utilize a proper functional data model, which caters for the needs to document, identify, collect, allocate and distribute the Rights Revenues for the rights represented by the CMO in the respective territory and in relation to other territories the CMO cooperates with. |
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REPORTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF ROYALTIES IN THE USA
| In the United States of America in regard to “Reporting and distribution of royalties to copyright owners by the mechanical licensing collective. Royalty distributions shall be accompanied by corresponding royalty statements containing the information set forth in the American Copyright Act. Accompanying the distribution of royalties to a copyright owner, the mechanical licensing collective shall provide to the copyright owner a statement that includes, at a minimum, the following information: 1. The period (month and year) covered by the statement, and the period (month and year) during which the reported activity occurred. For adjustments, the mechanical licensing collective shall report both the period (month and year) during which the original reported activity occurred and the date on which the digital music provider reported the adjustment. 2. The name and address of the mechanical licensing collective. 3. The name and mechanical licensing collective identification number of the copyright owner. 4. ISNI and IPI name and identification number for each songwriter, administrator, and musical work copyright owner, to the extent it has been provided to the mechanical licensing collective by a copyright owner. 5. The name and mechanical licensing collective identification number of the copyright owner’s administrator (if applicable), to the extent one has been provided to the mechanical licensing collective by a copyright owner. 6. Payment information, such as check number, automated clearing house (ACH) identification, or wire transfer number. 7. The total royalty payable to the relevant copyright owner for the month covered by the royalty statement. 8. Musical work information. For each matched musical work owned by the copyright owner for which accompanying royalties are being distributed to that copyright owner, the mechanical licensing collective shall report the following information: a. The musical work name, including primary and any alternative and parenthetical titles for the musical work known to the mechanical licensing collective. b. ISWC for the musical work, to the extent it is known to the mechanical licensing collective. c. The mechanical licensing collective’s standard identification number of the musical work. d. The administrator’s unique identifier for the musical work, to the extent one has been provided to the mechanical licensing collective by a copyright owner or its administrator. e. The name(s) of the songwriter(s), to the extent they are known to the mechanical licensing collective. f. The percentage share of musical work owned or controlled by the copyright owner. For each sound recording embodying the musical work, the identifying information, and the royalty information. 9. Sound recording information. a. The mechanical licensing collective shall report the following information to the extent it is known to the mechanical licensing collective: (A) The record label name(s). (B) ISRC(s). (C) The sound recording copyright owner(s). (D) Playing time. (E) Album title(s) or product name(s). (F) Album or product featured artist(s), if different from sound recording featured artist(s). (G) Distributor(s). (H) UPC(s).” 10. Musical works database information. With respect to musical works (or shares thereof) where the copyright owners have been identified and located, the musical works database shall contain, at a minimum, the following: a. Information regarding the musical work to the extent reasonably available to the mechanical licensing collective: b. Any alternative or parenthetical titles for the musical work; c. ISWC; d. Songwriter(s), with the mechanical licensing collective having the discretion to allow songwriters, or their authorized representatives, to have songwriter information listed anonymously or pseudonymously. The mechanical licensing collective shall develop and make publicly available a policy on how the collective will consider requests by copyright owners or administrators to change songwriter names to be listed anonymously or pseudonymously for matched musical works; e. Administrator(s) or other authorized entity(ies) who license the musical work (or share thereof) and/or collect mechanical royalties for use of such musical work (or share thereof) in the United States; f. ISNI(s) and/or IPI(s) for each musical work copyright owner, and, if different, songwriter, and administrator; g. Unique identifier(s) assigned by the blanket licensee, if reported by the blanket licensee; and h. For classical compositions, opus and catalog numbers. 11. Information regarding the sound recording(s) in which the musical work is embodied, to the extent reasonably available to the mechanical licensing collective: (i) ISRC; (ii) Sound recording name(s), including all known alternative and parenthetical titles for the sound recording; (iii) Information related to the sound recording copyright owner, including Label Name and PLine. Should the mechanical licensing collective decide to include DDEX Party Identifier (DPID) in the public database, the DPID party’s name may be included, but not the numerical identifier; (iv) Featured artist(s); (v) Playing time; (vi) Version; (vii) Release date(s); (viii) Producer; (ix) UPC; and (x) Other non-confidential information that the MLC reasonably believes, based on common usage, would be useful to assist in associating sound recordings with musical works. 12. Unmatched musical works. With respect to musical works (or shares thereof) where the copyright owners have not been identified or located, the musical works database shall include, to the extent reasonably available to the mechanical licensing collective: (1) Information regarding the musical work: (i) Musical work title(s), including any alternative or parenthetical titles for the musical work; (ii) The ownership percentage of the musical work for which an owner has not been identified; (iii) If a musical work copyright owner has been identified but not located, the identity of such owner and the ownership percentage of that owner. The copyright owner of the musical work owns any one of the exclusive rights comprised in the copyright for that work. A copyright owner includes entities, including foreign collective management organizations (CMOs), to which copyright ownership has been transferred through an assignment, mortgage, exclusive license, or any other conveyance, alienation, or hypothecation of a copyright or of any of the exclusive rights comprised in a copyright, whether or not it is limited in time or place of effect, but not including a nonexclusive license; (iv) The mechanical licensing collective’s standard identifier for the musical work; (v) ISWC; (vi) Songwriter(s), with the mechanical licensing collective having the discretion to allow songwriters, or their authorized representatives, to have songwriter information listed anonymously or pseudonymously. The mechanical licensing collective shall develop and make publicly available a policy on how the collective will consider requests by copyright owners or administrators to change songwriter names to be listed anonymously or pseudonymously for unmatched musical works; (vii) Administrator(s) or other authorized entity(ies) who license the musical work (or share thereof) and/or collect mechanical royalties for use of such musical work (or share thereof) in the United States; (viii) ISNI(s) and/or IPI(s) for each musical work copyright owner, and, if different, songwriter and administrator; (ix) Unique identifier(s) assigned by the blanket licensee, if reported by the blanket licensee; and (x) For classical compositions, opus and catalog numbers. |
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