What Is ISRC Code?, Local ISRC Agencies, benefits, how to?

International Standard Recording Code

The International Standard Recording Code (ISRC), defined by ISO 3901, is an international standard code for uniquely identifying sound recordings and music video recordings. IFPI has been appointed by ISO as registration authority for this standard. The ISO technical committee 46, subcommittee 9 (TC 46/SC 9) is responsible for the standard. Note that an ISRC code identifies a particular recording, not the song itself. Therefore, different recordings, edits, and remixes of the same song will each have their own ISRC code. Songs are identified by analogous ISWC codes.

ISRC registrant codes are allocated by national ISRC agencies to both corporations and individuals. The usual practice is to do this free of charge, but national agencies may make a reasonable charge to cover their costs.

ISRC codes are always 12 characters long, in the form "CC-XXX-YY-NNNNN" (The hyphens are not part of the ISRC code itself, but codes are often presented that way in print to make them easier to read.) The four parts are as follows:

* "CC" is the appropriate for the registrant two-character ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
* "XXX" is a three character alphanumeric registrant code, uniquely identifying the organization which registered the code. Typically, the appropriate regulating body in each country will issue a three letter code to each record label. For example, the regulating body for ISRCs in the UK is Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL).
* "YY" is the last two digits of the year of registration (NB not necessarily the date the recording was made)
* "NNNNN" is a unique 5-digit number identifying the particular sound recording.

How is an ISRC constructed?

An ISRC is made up of four elements:

* ISO Country, e.g. GB for the UK, or US for the USA, DE for Germany, etc
* Registrant Code, a three alpha-numeric unique reference
* Year of Reference, the last two digits of the current year, e.g. â€˜03â€™ for 2003
* Designation Code, a five digit unique number, e.g. â€˜00013â€™

The ISO Country Code and the Registrant Code are issued by the National Agencies or by the International ISRC Agency; the rest of the identifier is then allocated by the entity wishing to identify their sound or music video recordings.

HOW DO I LIST MY RECORD LABEL'S TRACKS? EXAMPLE:

DATABLENDER ISRC GB - 2LF - [yy] - [xxxxx]

GB2LF1000001 HardtraX - What The ****
GB2LF1000002 HardtraX feat. Integra & Darkside - Wicked
GB2LF1000003 Jackhamma - DCLXVI
GB2LF1000004 Jackhamma - Serious American
GB2LF1000005 X-Tension - Abandoned Loops [06:25]
GB2LF1000006 X-Tension - Minimal Destruction [07:50]
GB2LF1000007 X -Tension - Utopia [05:26]
GB2LF1000008 X-Tension - House Of Funky Zombies [05:08]
GB2LF1000009 Monoclash - Lesbian Gangbangclub (Alice D's Kingsize Dildo Remix) [05:45]
GB2LF1000010 Leo Laker- The Ruckus [04:08]
GB2LF1000011 Sam Silva - Normal Morning [04:41]
GB2LF1000012 Leo Laker - Stray Bullets [04:29]
GB2LF1000013 Michael Random - Distance [06:55]
GB2LF1000014 Flotek & Mario Kinle - Mental Distraction [05:42]
GB2LF1000015 Tilthammer - Afraid From Pushing [05:46]
GB2LF1000016 Albert Kraner - Manufacturing Consent [05:28]
GB2LF1000017 Destruction Derby - Area 51 [05:42]
GB2LF1000018 Dariush Gee - U Don't Know Me [05:02]
GB2LF1000019 Fergis - Not In Service [05:12]
GB2LF1000020 FL-X - Transparent Extension [04:31]
GB2LF1000021 Acid Flux - Ich Hab Kein Bock Auf Schlampen [05:28]
GB2LF1000022 Noizbar - Flesh Grinder [05:27]
GB2LF1000023 DJ Hammond - Sniper [05:02]
GB2LF1000024 Rob Stalker - Ground Zero [05:31]
GB2LF1000025 Droidbeatz - Dark Room [05:18]
GB2LF1000026 Droidbeatz - Ex-Termination [05:50]
GB2LF1000027 Droidbeatz - Assasin [06:01]
GB2LF1000028 Droidbeatz - Punk [05:27]
GB2LF1000029 Droidbeatz - Down The Train [06:07]
GB2LF1000030 Leo Laker - All The Foolish Things [04:31]
GB2LF1000031 Leo Laker - Saxdrive [04:34]
GB2LF1000032 Leo Laker - Innerspace Ticket [04:47]
GB2LF1000033 Leo Laker - The Darker Side Of The Dog [04:35]
GB2LF1000034 Killernoizes - Good Day To Die [05:31]
GB2LF1000035 Killernoizes - The Executioners [05:08]
GB2LF1000036 Killernoizes - Doomed In Hell [05:39]
GB2LF1000037 Killernoizes - Predator Visions [05:24]
GB2LF1000038 Killernoizes - Kiss Myself [05:21]
GB2LF1000039 CD01 Disc2 mixed by Jason Little [61:03]
GB2LF1000040 Acid Flux & Instigator - Core City [05:15]
GB2LF1000041 Acid Flux & Instigator - All Is For Nothing [05:39]
GB2LF1000042 Acid Flux - Afterschool Punishment [04:50]
GB2LF1000043 Acid Flux - rva [05:39]
GB2LF1000044 Acid Flux - Who Is Back [05:03]
GB2LF1000045 The Industrial Junkie - Bonesawbreaker [05.55]
GB2LF1000046 The Industrial Junkie - Frosty (feat. DJ Hammond) [05:32]
GB2LF1000047 The Industrial Junkie - Only For The Dead People [05:42]
GB2LF1000048 The Industrial Junkie - Mindless Wreckage [05:38]
GB2LF1000049 The Industrial Junkie - Bad Trip [05:33]
GB2LF1000050 Zheta - Neo Index [05:50]
GB2LF1000051 Zheta - Neo Index (Noizbar Remix) [06:20]
GB2LF1000052 Zheta - Question Of Leading [05:57]
GB2LF1000053 Zheta - Sanity State [05:52]
GB2LF1000054 Zheta - Water Boots [05:32]
GB2LF1000055 Michael Random - Dveri [05:12]
GB2LF1000056 Michael Random - Balance [05:44]
GB2LF1000057 Michael Random - Who Is The Enemy [06:20]
GB2LF1000058 Michael Random - It's Coming [05:46]
GB2LF1000059 Michael Random - Level [05:59]

Local ISRC Agencies - Where do we apply to get an ISRC?

ARGENTINA
CAPIF, Lavalle 534, piso 4, C1047AAL Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tel: +54 11 4326 6464; Fax: +54 11 4326 7830
Point of contact: Carolina Euler
Email: info@capif.org.ar

AUSTRALIA
ARIA, PO Box Q20, QVB Post Office, Sydney, NSW 1230, Australia
Tel: +61 2 8569 1144; Fax: +61 2 8569 1181
Point of contact: Vivien Conacher
Email: isrc@aria.com.au

AUSTRIA
LSG-Wahrnehmung von Leistungsschutzrechten,
Schreyvogelgasse 2/5, A-1010 Vienna.
Tel: +43 1 535 6035, Fax: +43 1 535 5191
Point of contact: Mr Franz Medwenitsch
Email: medwenitsch@ifpi.at

BELGIUM
SIMIM (Audio) and IMAGIA (Video)
Place de l' Alma, 3, bte.5 Almaplein
1200 Brussels
Tel: +32 2 775 82 10, Fax: +32 2 775 82 11 (SIMIM) email: simim@simim.be
Tel: +32 2 775 82 08, Fax: +32 2 775 82 09 (IMAGIA) email: imagia@imagia.be
Point of contact: Mr Mark Casteels

BRAZIL
SOCINPRO, Av. Beira Mar No.406/12 andar, Rio de Janeiro 20021-060
Tel: +55 21 220 3580; Fax: +55 21 262 7625
Point of contact: Mrs Fernanda AMADOR
Email: sede.rj@socinpro.org.br
Website: ..::SOCINPRO::..

CANADA
CRIA
c/o Audio-Video Licensing Agency Inc. (AVLA),85 Mowat Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M6K 3E3
Tel: +1 416 922 8727, Fax: +1 416 967 9415
Point of contact: Frances Galati
Email: fgalati@avla.ca
Website: AVLA

CHILE
IFPI Chile, Dr Torres Boonen 609, Providencia, Santiago de CHILE
Tel: +562 371 3090
Fax: +562 422 1067
Point of Contact: Francisco Nieto Guzman
Email: fnieto@ifpichile.cl

CHINESE TAIPEI
Recording Industry Foundation in Taiwan
4F, no 85, Sec. 4, Bade Road,
Sunshan Chiu, Taipei,
Chinese Taipei
Email: info@rit.org.tw

CZECH REPUBLIC
INTERGRAM, Na Porici 27, CZ-11000, Prague 1.
Tel: +42 2 2231 1392; Fax: +42 2 2323341
Point of Contact: Martin Maran
Email: intergram@intergram.cz

DENMARK
GRAMEX, GI. Kongevej 11-13,2., DK-1610 Copenhagen V.
Tel: +45 33 85 32 00; Fax: +45 33 85 32 15
Point of contact: Anette Kure Corneliussen or Torben Didriksen
Email:gramex@gramex.dk
Website: http://www.gramex.dk

ESTONIA
EFU - Estonian Association of Phonogram Producers, Endla 3, 10122 Tallinn, Estonia
Tel: +372 (630) 72 10; Fax: +372 (630) 72 96
Point of contact: Ms Gaili Kalberg
Email: gaili@efy.ee

FIJI
Managed by the National ISRC Agency for New Zealand
RIANZ, Private Bag 78850, Grey Lynn, Auckland,
Tel: +64 (09) 360 5085; Fax: +64 (09) 360 5086
Point of contact: Dean Cameron
Email: Dean@rianz.org.nz
Website: http://www.rianz.org.nz

FINLAND
IFPI Finland, YrjÃ¶nkatu 3, 00120 Helsinki.
Tel: +358 9 6803 4050, Fax: +358 9 6803 4055
Point of contact: Mrs Kati Wolff;
Email: ifpi@ifpi.fi
Website: Musiikkituottajat - Etusivu

FRANCE
SCPP, 14 Boulevard du GÃ©nÃ©ral Leclerc, 92527 Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex
Tel: +33 (0)1 41 43 03 03, Fax: +33 (0)1 41 43 03 26
Point of contact: Mr Jacques Chesnais
Email: jacques.chesnais@scpp.fr
ISRC Enquiries: contact@scpp.fr
Website: Page d'accueil - Site SCPP

GERMANY
Bundesverband Musikindustrie e.V.(IFPI Germany)
ReinhardtstraÃŸe 29, D-10117 Berlin
Tel.: +49 30 590 0380, Fax: +49 30 590 03838
Point of Contact: Britta LÃ¼erÃŸen
Email: lueerssen@musikindustrie.de
Website: Bundesverband Musikindustrie: Aktuell

GREECE
Association of Greek Producers of Phonograms
24a Salaminos Street, Halandri 15232 GREECE
Tel: +30 (1) 6851 739, +30 (1) 6844 444
Fax: +30 (1) 6801 680
Point of contact: Ms Irene Tsiliri
Email: agpp@otenet.gr

HONG KONG SAR, China
IFPI (Hong Kong Group), 16/F, Guardian House, 32 Oi Kwan Road, Hong Kong SAR, China
Tel: +852 2 865 5863, Fax: +852 2 866 6859.
Point of contact: Mr Ricky Fung
Email: rickceo@ifpihk.org

ICELAND
SFH, Eidistorgi 17, 170 Seltjarnarnes, Iceland
Tel: +354 561 8065, Fax: +354 561 8066
Point of Contact: Gunnar Gudmundsson
Email: sfh@islandia.is
Website: Samband flytjenda og hljÃ³mplÃ¶tuframleiÃ°anda

INDIA
The Indian Music Industry (IMI)
Crescent Towers, 7th Floor, B-68, Veera Estate, Off New Link Road, Andheri (West), Mumbai 400 053
Tel: +91 22 631 1391/92/93 Fax: +91 22 631 1394
Point of contact: Mr Sukumar Shidore, Mr R V Shrikhande
Email: infoimi@indianmi.org

IRELAND
Phonographic Performance (Ireland) Ltd (PPI), PPI House, 1 Corrig Avenue, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Tel: +353 1 280 5977 Fax: +353 1 280 6579
Point of contact: Mr Clive Leacy
Email: isrc@ppiltd.com
Website: >> PPI :: Homepage - Welcome to our website <<

ISRAEL
IFPI Israel, 10 Habonim St., Ramat Gan, 52462, Israel
Tel: +972 3 6130715 Fax: +972 3 5756747
Point of contact: Moti Amitay
Email: moti@ifpi.co.il

ITALY
FIMI, Galleria del Corso 4, 20122 Milano
Tel: +39 02 795 879; Fax: +39 02 799 673
Point of contact: Francesca Grimaldi
Email: m.francesca.grimaldi@fimi.it
Website: FIMI - Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana

JAPAN
RIAJ (Recording Industry Association of Japan)
2-12-16 Kita-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0061
Tel: +81 3 6406 0512, Fax: +81 3 6406 0520
Email: isrc_i@riaj.or.jp
Website: isrcdb.jmd.ne.jp

LATVIA
Latvian Performers and Producers Association (LaIPA),
Mukusalas iela 42 Riga, LV-1004, Latvia
Tel: +371 7605023 Fax: +371 7500039
Point of contact: Ieva Vitina
Email: ieva.vitina@laipa.org

LUXEMBOURG
Managed by the National ISRC Agencies for Belgium
SIMIM (Audio) and IMAGIA (Video)
Place de l' Alma, 3, bte.5 Almaplein
Tel: +32 2 775 82 10 Fax: +32 2 775 82 11 (SIMIM)
Email: simim@simim.be
Tel: +32 2 775 82 08 Fax: +32 2 775 82 09 (IMAGIA)
Email: imagia@imagia.be
Point of contact: Mr Mark Casteels

MALAYSIA
Recording Industry Association of Malaysia (RIM)
L-8-2, 8th Floor, Block L
No. 2, Jalan Solaris
Solaris Mont' Kiara
50480 Kuala Lumpur Tel: +60 3 6207 2800 , Fax: +60 36207 2900
Point of Contact: Ramani Ramalingam
Email: ramani@rim.org.my

MEXICO
AMPROFON, A.C. Tennyson 96, Col. Chapultepec Morales, C.P. 11560 Mexico, D.F.
Tel: +525 281 6035/38 Fax: +525 280 0979
Point of Contact: Dolores Dominguez
E-mail: lolinad@amprofon.com.mx

NETHERLANDS
NVPI, Albertus Perkstraat 36, 1217 NT Hilversum
Tel: +31 35 625 4411 Fax: +31 35 625 4410
Point of contact: Marleen Oerlemans
Email: marleen.oerlemans@nvpi.nl

NEW ZEALAND
RIANZ, Private Bag 78850, Grey Lynn, Auckland,
Tel: +64 (09) 360 5085 Fax: +64 (09) 360 5086
Point of contact: Dean Cameron
Email: Dean@rianz.org.nz
Website: www.rianz.org.nz

NIGERIA
Nigerian National Group, 272 Ikorodu Road, Obsrikoro, Lagos.
Tel: +234 1 496 7077 Fax: +234 1 490 1721
Email: apponmade@yahoo.com

NORWAY
GRAMO, Karl Johansgt.21, 01259 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 00 77 77, Fax: +47 22 00 77 78.
Point of contact: Morten MÃ¸ller
Email: morten.moller@gramo.no
ISRC Enquiries: isrc@gramo.no
Website: www.gramo.no/englishgramo.htm (English)
Gramo - GRAMO - Musikernes, artistenes og plateselskapenes vederlagsbyrÃ¥ [NS4 version] (Norwegian)

PERU
UNIMPRO, Calle Las Camelias 130, Lima 27 - PerÃº
Point of contact: Guillermo Bracamonte Ortiz (Director General)
Tel: +51 1 422 4896
E-mail: unimpro@terra.com.pe

PHILIPPINES
PARI (Philippine Association of the Record Industry Inc.
Suites 1020 and 1024, V.V. Soliven Building 1, Edsa, San Juan, Metro Manila
Tel: +63 2 725 0770/722 8014, Fax: +63 2 725 0786
Contact: Ms Cely Cruz
Email: pari@i-next.net

POLAND
ZPAV (Zwiazek ProducentÃ³w Audio-Video)
12/2 Kruczkowskiego Street, 00-380 Warsaw
Tel: +48 22 625 6699/6966, Fax: +48 22 625 1661
Point of contact: Mr Boguslaw Pluta
Email: b.pluta@zpav.pl

PORTUGAL
AFP, Av. SidÃ³nio Pais, 20/r/c DtÂ°, 1050-215 Lisbon
Tel: +351 (21)3 156 655, Fax: +351 (21)3 156 683
Point of contact: Mr Eduardo Simoes
Email: geral@afp.org.pt

ROMANIA
UPFR
Bd. Nicolae Titulescu 88B, sector 1
011145 BUCHAREST, Romania
Tel: +40 21 2222045 / 46 / 47 / 48
Fax: +40 21 2222043
Point of Contact: Mr Dan Popi
Email: office@upfr.ro
Website: UPFR - Uniunea Produc?torilor de Fonograme din RomÃ¢nia (UPFR)

SINGAPORE
RIAS (Recording Industry Association Singapore)
4 Leng Kee Road, #03-07 SiS Building, Singapore 159088
Tel: +65 6220 4166; Fax: +65 6220 9452
Point of contact: Ms. Ooh Hooi Eng
Email: hooieng.ooh@rias.org.sg

SLOVAKIA
SLOVGRAM, Jakubovo nam. 14, 813 48 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Tel: +421 2 52 96 31 66, Fax: +421 2 52 96 31 90
Point of Contact: Mgr. Josef Janos
Email: slovgram@slovgram.sk
Website: S L O V G R A M

SOUTH AFRICA
Recording Industry Association of South Africa, PO Box 367, Randburg 2125
Tel: +27 11 886 1342; Fax: +27 11 886 4169
Point of Contact: Mr David du Plessis
Email: david@risa.org.za

SPAIN
AGEDI, Edificio Iberia Mart II -c/ Orense, 34- 8a, 28020 Madrid
Tel: +34 (91) 417 04 70; Fax: +34 (91) 556 92 72
Point of contact: Ms Paz Munoz
Email: isrc@promusicae.org

SWEDEN
IFPI Svenska Gruppen, PO Box 1429, 111 84 Stockholm.
Tel: +46 8 735 9750, Fax: +46 8 273 745.
Point of contact: Krister Nornholm, Thomas Stenmo
Email: krister.nornholm@ifpi.se

SWITZERLAND
IFPI Schweiz, Toblerstrasse 76A, 8044 Zurich.
Tel: +41 (0)44 252 5866, Fax: +41 (0)44 252 6167
Point of contact: Dr Peter Vosseler
Email: info@ifpi.ch

THAILAND
TECA (Thai Entertainment Content Trade Association)
23/17-18, Soi Soonvijai,
Rama 9, Bangkapi,
Huaykwang, Bangkok,
Thailand 10320
Tel: +662-203-1002-3
Fax: +662-203-1009-10
Point of Contact: Chamnong Kongmail
E-mail: Kongmai@teca.co.th or ifpithai@truemail.co.th

TURKEY
MU-YAP, Turnasibasi Sokak, Kuloglu Mah, No 16 - 80070, Beyoglu, Istanbul
Tel: + 90 212 292 4613 / Fax: +90 212 292 46 17
Point of Contact: Asli Devrim
Email: disiliskiler@mu-yap.org
Website: MÃœ-YAP Ba?lant?l? Hak Sahibi Fonogram Yap?mc?lar? Meslek Birli?i

UNITED KINGDOM
PPL, 1 Upper James Street, London W1F 9DE
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7534 1331
Point of Contact: Chris Austin
Email: repertoire@ppluk.com

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
RIAA, 1025 F Street NW, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20004
Tel: +1 202 775 0101, Fax: +1 202 775 7253
Email: isrc@riaa.com

UKRAINE
Ukrainian Music Alliance, Artema Str., 1-5, of. 814, Kyiv 04053, Ukraine
Tel: +38 044 209 36 23 Fax: +38 044 272 05 64
Point of contact: Pavlo Kalenychenko
Email: pavlo@uma.in.ua
Website: ÃŽÃ±Ã*Ã®Ã¢Ã*Ã* Â³Ã*Ã´Ã®Ã°Ã¬Ã*Ã¶Â³Ã¿

URUGUAY
CUD, Rio Branco 1407 Esc. 407, Montevideo, 11100 Uruguay
Tel: +598 2 91 00 30; Fax: +598 2 92 21 75
Point of contact: Guzman Fernandez
Email: guzman@cudisco.org

The Benefits of ISRC

The ISRC has been developed in order to facilitate the accurate exchange of information on the ownership, the use of recordings and to simplify the administration of rights in them. It is a global, unique method of identifying sound and music video recordings.

By identifying all sound and music video recordings that are released, regardless of the format that they are released in, the ISRC enables the tracking and tracing of these recordings through the music value chain.

Potential users of sound and music video recordings will also find it easier to obtain information about the current rights owner because repertoire databases will provide this information with the ISRC.

In addition in many territories the ISRC is increasingly becoming a tool in the fight against piracy.

The adoption of the ISRC system by the music community as a whole has the following benefits:

1. ISRC, being the worldwide recognised standard for recording identification, can easily be accepted and implemented internationally and allow interoperation of different databases and systems.
2. The ISRC coding system is compatible with standards developed in the field of consumer electronics. Incorporated in appropriate digital and manufactured recording media it is readable by hardware equipment.
3. The ISRC is increasingly used in electronic copyright management systems and Digital Rights Management systems.
4. The implementation of ISRC is cost effective; ISRC can be put into operation without requiring special investment in equipment. It only requires a structure able to deal with the administration of ISRC within the organisation using it.