Writers¶
Add/Change View¶
Add
and change
views for writers have several fieldsets.
Writer ID and Account Number¶
At the top, before the first fieldset are two fields, Writer ID
, assigned by the system
and not editable, and Account #
, used for linking data from DMP with your accounting, when
processing royalty statements.
Name¶
Last name
and first name
fields in the first, quite self-explanatory.
Only last name is required.
IPI¶
IPI name #
and IPI Base #
in the second. If you are unfamiliar with these
identifiers, see IPI name and base numbers.
Societies¶
Performance Rights Society
in the third. In most cases, writers are only affiliated with
performance rights societies. Depending on settings, fields for mechanical and even sync
affiliation might be visible.
General Agreement¶
In the last group, we have three fields:
General agreement
to mark that there is an original general agreement with this writer. This means that this writer must be controlled in all works.Society-assigned agreement number
for the original general agreement between you and this writer (required in some societies)Publisher fee
is the fee kept by the publisher when royalties are paid and distributed.
Note
Publisher fee
is not used in registrations. It is used only for
royalty statement processing.
Details are explained in that section.
Public¶
Note
This section is only visible if file uploads are configured.
This section has two fields:
Image
- for uploading an image of the writerDescription
- for public description
Internal¶
This section has only a single field Notes
. You can use it in any way you
like.
List View¶
The last column is both a work counter and link to the list of works by this writer.
Can be controlled
column requires an explanation.
For writers who are controlled (whose works are published by you), more data is required than for those who are not. This column shows if data is sufficient for the writer to be marked as controlled.
Controlled writers without affiliation and/or IPI name number¶
In very rare cases, writers choose not to affiliate with any society and even get an IPI name number. And consequently not getting paid.
If you control such a writer, you can still enter them. If they don’t
have an IPI name number, you can enter 00000000000
. If they are not
affiliated with any performance rights society, there is a NO SOCIETY
option at the bottom of the list.
This has to be manually re-entered on every save of the writer form. It is a feature, not a bug. In almost all cases, both IPI name number and PR affiliations should be entered for controlled writers. Entering edge case exceptions should not be simple.
Other writers¶
For writers you do not control, you should still provide as much data as possible.
Note
Only if ALL writers are identified with their IPI numbers, the work can receive an International Standard Musical Work Code (ISWC).