IPI (Interested party information) is a unique identifying number assigned by theCISAC database to eachInterested Party incollective rights management. It is used worldwide by more than 120 countries and three million right holders.[1]
Two types of IPI-numbers exist, an IPI Name Number and IPI Base Number.[2]
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.Prince for example has the IPI-codes00045620792 (Nelson Prince Rogers), 00052210040 (Prince) and 00334284961 (Nelson Prince R).
The IPI Name Number is composed of eleven numeric digits.[3]
The IPI Base Number is the code for a natural person or a legal entity. It has the pattern H-NNNNNNNNN-C.
For examplePablo Picasso has the IP Base Number I-001068130-6.
In October 2001, the IPI database replaced theCAE numbers.[4]
IPI codes are connected withInternational Standard Musical Work Codes (ISWC). For example, one of the songs calledErnie, which has anInternational Standard Musical Work Code number ofISWC T-010.171.314-7, has just one interested party, that ofBenny Hill whose IPI number is 00014107338. This IPI number can then be used to find all other works by him.
In relation to ISWC each party has at least one role. Roles can be:[5]
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.[6]
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