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RIAA Unveils Digital Music ID Plan
By Lori Enos
E-Commerce Times
October 13, 2000
With an eye toward improving its ability to monitor online music downloads, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced Thursday that it is working with other industry groups to develop a standardized system for identifying digital files of songs. [...]
The new identification system will build on the International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) that is currently embedded into CDs and includes details about the manufacturer of the CD, the country where the copyright resides, and other information.
Tracking Songs
The new system will not allow labels to determine who is downloading what music, but the RIAA intends for it to be an expandable system that will allow for different coding for different types of downloads. For instance, purchased digital downloads would be coded differently than music downloaded for a trial period or subscription- based downloads.
The system could also be used to determine if digital files meant to be sold are being freely traded through services such as Napster.
Internet Licensing Pact
On Tuesday, the RIAA and the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) said that they had agreed on procedures for licensing digitally distributed musical compositions and songs.
The procedures, to be implemented as transactions between RIAA member labels and NMPA subsidiary the Harry Fox Agency, are designed to streamline the licensing procedure for digital distribution. The RIAA said the new procedures "will substantially reduce the time and effort required to clear music publishing rights for the electronic delivery of sound recordings to consumers."