AMCOS “control” account extract An extract of all foreign works that have been allocated to the AMCOS control account is posted on the Publisher Resources page of the APRA|AMCOS website after each quarterly AMCOS distribution. The extract lists works with shares remaining in control from the quarter prior to the latest AMCOS distribution or earlier. Only AMCOS members have access to the AMCOS control account extract (CWE/CWO record types). Files are ASCII encoded, with tab-delimited fields and carriage-return record terminators. 1. Record Layouts Record layouts are specified in tables with the following columns: Heading Description # The number of the item within the record layout. References to individual fields will be prefixed with the corresponding record type (e.g. the 3rd field in a New Production Work is referred to as NPW-3). Contents A brief description of the field’s content Req. This indicates the requirement for the field to contain data, and will be one of: M (mandatory), O (optional), C (conditional; the conditions will be stated in the “description” column). Optional fields in download layouts indicate that the data will appear if it was provided as input. Size Shows the maximum size of the variable-length data within the field. Where a number has decimal places, the width and accuracy are shown (e.g. nn.nnnn has a width of 7 bytes: 2 significant digits, a decimal point, and accuracy to four places, for a value range 00.0000 – 99.9999). Type Indicates the type of data; one of: A: Alphabetic (A-Z, space) N: Numeric (0-9, plus decimal point as required) AN: Alphanumeric (full range of characters – see A-15) D: Date, in the format yyyy/mm/dd only. Lit: Literal, value must be as stated in the “Description” column B: Boolean: only “Y” (yes) and “N” (no) allowed $: An amount, in dollars and cents (no decimals of cents, no $-sign) Description Briefly describes the field contents and shows any validation requirements.
2. Control Work Extract (CWE)
# Contents Req. Size Type Description 1 Value Band M 60 AN Identifies the 'value band' for the work 2 Record type M 3 Lit Contains “CWE” 3 APRA Work identifier M 10 AN The CMS identifier assigned to the work 4 Local catalogue number O 32 AN The production’s local catalogue number 5 Title O 60 AN The title of the production 6 Local label O 20 A The record label (if supplied in NPR-4) 7 Date allocated M 10 D The date upon which the work was allocated to a Control Account. 8 Dispute M 1 B Yes/No: the works ownership is in dispute among AMCOS members 9 Client work number O 24 AN The identifier assigned to the work by the client 10 APRA work identifier M 10 AN The CMS identifier for the work 11 Title M 60 AN The title of the musical work
Version 1.0 Page 1 of 2 21 December 201010 # Contents Req. Size Type Description 12 ISWC O 13 AN The International Standard Works Code allocated to the musical work 13 ISRC O 20 AN The International Standard Recording Code of the reproduced recording containing the work 14 Composers M 60 A The names of the authors and composers of the musical work 15 Original publisher O 40 A The name of the original publisher(s) representing the composers, as supplied by the client 16 Artist C 40 AN The name of the band/artist who recorded the track.
3. Control Work Ownership (CWO) A CWO record is provided for each publisher claiming an interest in the musical work # Contents Req. Size Type Description 1 Value Band M 60 AN Identifies the 'value band' for the work 2 Record type M 3 Lit Contains “CWO” 3 APRA work identifier M 10 AN The CMS identifier assigned to the work 4 Client work number O 24 AN The identifier assigned to the work by the client 5 APRA work identifier M 10 AN The CMS identifier for the work 6 Sharer IP Name Number M 11 N The IP Name Number of the sharing publisher 7 Sharer name M 40 A The name of the publisher 8 Sharer percentage M 7.4 N The percentage interest claimed by the publisher in Australia 9 Sharer percentage M 7.4 N The percentage interest claimed by the publisher in New Zealand
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