International Standard Recording Code
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DIN ISO 3901 |
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| Area | documentation |
| title | Information and documentation - International Standard Sound and Video Recording Code (ISRC) |
| Brief description: | Digital identifier for CD tracks |
| Latest edition | 12.2002 |
| ISO | 3901 |
The International Standard Recording Code ( ISRC , ISO 3901) is a twelve-digit digital identifier for a sound or video recording, e.g. B. a CD title that can be entered in the subcode when premastering a CD audio and can be carried without being heard.
If the CD title is used for a radio broadcast, the ISRC is read out automatically. A license processing, e.g. B. between broadcasting company and label, can thus be done more precisely than with the label code .
The ISRC uniquely identifies a recording. If, for example, a group plays a new title for a live album, this new recording receives a new ISRC. But if the original recording appears unchanged, e.g. B. on a new CD sampler, it retains the original ISRC.
The ISRC is used for identification only. It cannot be used to infer the copyright holder directly . The copyright holder can be identified by searching online databases.
If CD tracks are read out by computers and stored on the hard drive, most programs ignore the ISRCs of the CD tracks, which means that the clear identification of a recording is lost regardless of the format, degree of compression, file name and file size. In the meantime, however, some audio formats provide for an ISRC tag ( MP3 in ID3v2 ; Ogg Vorbis ).
The ISRC is usually awarded by the label that held the rights to the work at the time it was awarded. In exceptional cases, a licensee can also issue the code. To do this, he must use a separate initial allocation key.
Composition of the ISRC
The 12 digits of the ISRC mean in the example "DEA239810012":
- Country code of the country of origin of the ISRC issuer; Example DE for Germany (2 digits)
- Initial allocation key, company number of the ISRC exhibitor (issued by the registrar); Example A23 (3 digits)
- The last two digits of the year of the code assignment (originally: the year of the first edition of the recording); Example 98 for 1998 (2 digits). There is a recommendation that the years prior to 1940 should not be considered. The years 1940 to 2039 are identified by the two digits.
- Consecutive number, to be assigned once by the ISRC exhibitor; Example 10012 (5 digits)
For better readability, the groups in the ISRC are often written separated by spaces or separators. B. DE-A23-98-10012 or DE A23 98 10012 . In databases, however, the ISRC should be entered without hyphens or spaces.
Acquisition of the ISRC
There are 2 ways to purchase ISRCs:
- ISRC initial allocation key: This includes issuing and collecting data from the individual track ISRCs. Initial allocation keys can be requested from IFPI in Germany, from LSG in Austria , and from IFPI Switzerland in Switzerland .
- Individual ISRC: Purchase by an official ISRC manager who takes on the issuing and data collection of the individual ISRCs.
Identification numbers for other publications
For other forms of publication, such as B. periodicals or notated musical works, there are separate numbering systems:
- ISAN: International Standard Audiovisual Number
- ISBN: International Standard Book Number - International Standard Book Number
- ISMN: International Standard Music Number - International Standard Music Number (for printed and digitized music notations)
- ISRN: International Standard Technical Report Number
- ISSN: International Standard Serial Number / Information and documentation - International standard number for serial publications
- ISTC: International Standard Text Code
- ISWC: International Standard Musical Work Code
- GTIN: Global Trade Item Number - global standard for trade items (article number for trade, formerly EAN code)