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ISRC

The International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) serves as a ‘digital fingerprint’ of a producer’s repertoire. It is a unique ID number for each separate recording. The ISRC has been developed to put you in charge of the use of your repertoire – an absolute necessity in the current digital age.

The ISRC consists of an ISO country code such as NL for the Netherlands, a registration code of three alphanumeric characters identifying the producer, a year and five digits assigned by the producer. For example: NLABC2012345. When registering repertoire, enter the ISRC without hyphens.

ISRC Advantages

  • Is a tool to protect and control your repertoire;

  • Makes it easier to collect and distribute payments;

  • Is an important weapon in the fight against piracy;

  • Can be used for the latest types of consumer electronics;

  • Makes the distribution process easier, so that payments can be distributed more quickly.

Apply for an ISRC?

Enter all information on this page. The master owner receives a master owner code once, which can be used to create ISRCs for both audio and audiovisual repertoire.

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