DDEX for DSPs

  • I receive core data from a record company or a distributor about newly available releases and resources, such as sound recordings and music videos, the terms and conditions under which I may use the releases and resources on my service and the binary files themselves.

  • I receive rich but non-core data from a record company, a distributor, a metadata company, a music publisher or other organisatoins operating in the music value chain about the composers, artists and all other contributors to releases and resources, such as sound recordings and music videos, non-core data about those releases and resources and the musical works they contain.

Go to the MEAD standard for the communication of data about releases, resources and musical works

Go to the PIE standard for the communication of data about artists, composers and any other contributors

  • I send data to a record company, a distributor, a music publisher or an authors' rights society about the sales and usage of the releases and resources that are available on my service and the musical works contained in those releases and resources.

  • I receive data from a music publisher or an authors' rights society about the rights claims in respect of musical works they own or administer contained in releases or resources that are available on my service and I send data to a music publisher or an authors' rights society about any discrepancies in that data.

  • I send data to a music publisher, music licensing agent or authors' right society about sound recordings and music videos in order to obtain a licence in respect of the musical works contained in those sound recordings and music videos, and, I receive data from a music publisher, music licensing agent or authors' right society about the musical works contained in my sound recordings and music videos and rights claims in those musical works in order to obtain licences to use the musical works contained in those sound recordings and music videos.

  • I receive data from an organisation with a musical works and recordings database, such as The Mechanical Licensing Collective, about musical works, sound recordings or music videos that make use of such musical works as well as musical work claim information.