DDEX for record companies

  • I send core data to a distributor or a DSP about newly available releases and resources, such as sound recordings and music videos, I own or administer, the terms and conditions under they can be made available as electronic products as well as the binary files themselves.

Go to the ERN standards

Go to the NFT standard for making the music available as an NFT

  • I send rich but non-core data to a distributor, a metadata company or a DSP about the artists, composers and any other contributors to the releases and resources, such as sound recordings and music videos, I own or administer and non-core data about those releases and resources.

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 receive data from a distributor or a DSP about the sales and usage of the releases and resources, such as sound recordings and music videos, I own or administer.

  • 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 send data to a music licensing company about sound recordings, music videos, the identity of the contributors to those sound recording and music videos and my rights claims in those sound recordings, music videos or contributions and, also I receive data about usage of those sound recordings and music videos from a music licensing company.

  • I receive data relating to a recording session about contributors including their roles, creations such as musical works or recording components, instrumentation and equipment captured in the studio during that recording session.

  • 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.

  • I have detected some data anomalies that I consider to possibly be due to fraudulent behaviour and I wish to communicate the data anomaly to a business partner.