IPI (''Interested party information'') is a unique identifying number assigned by the CISAC database to each ''Interested Party'' in

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. It is used worldwide by more than 120 countries and three million right holders. Two types of IPI-numbers exist, an IPI Name Number and IPI Base Number.

IPI Name Number

The IP Name Number is the code for a name or pseudonym related to an entity (natural person or a legal entity). One entity can have several names.

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for example has the IPI-codes 00045620792 (Nelson Prince Rogers), 00052210040 (Prince) and 00334284961 (Nelson Prince R). The IPI Name Number is composed of eleven numeric digits.

IPI Base Number

The IPI Base Number is the code for a natural person or a legal entity. It has the pattern H-NNNNNNNNN-C. * H: header (a single letter) * N: identification number (nine numeric digits) * C:

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(a single number) For example

Pablo Picasso Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and Scenic design, theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th ce ...

has the IP Base Number I-001068130-6.

History

In October 2001, the IPI database replaced the CAE numbers.

Relation with ISWC-numbers

IPI codes are connected with

International Standard Musical Work Code International Standard Musical Work Code (ISWC) is a unique identifier for musical works, similar to ISBN for books. It is adopted as international standard ISO 15707. The ISO subcommittee with responsibility for the standard is TC 46/SC 9. Form ...

s (ISWC). For example, one of the songs called ''Ernie'', which has an

number of , has just one interested party, that of

Benny Hill Alfred Hawthorne "Benny" Hill (21 January 1924 – 20 April 1992) was an English comedian, actor, singer and writer. He is remembered for his television programme ''The Benny Hill Show'', an amalgam of slapstick, burlesque and double ente ...

whose IPI number is 00014107338. This IPI number can then be used to find all other works by him.

Roles

In relation to ISWC each party has at least one role. Roles can be: *A: Author, Writer, Lyricist *AD: Adaptor *AM: Administrator *AR: Arranger *AQ: Acquirer *C: Composer *CA: Composer/Author *E: Original Publisher *ES: Substitute Publisher *PA: Publisher Income Participant *PR: Associated Performer *SA: Sub-Author *SE: Sub-Publisher *SR: Sub-Arranger *TR: Translator The standards describe the person who adapts music as an arranger, and the person who adapts the text of a musical work to be an adapter.Report of Voting on ISO Draft International Standard 15707 (International Standard Musical Work Code)

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References

External links

The ISWC database
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