6.4 Works File
The works file shall be called works.tsv and be referenced in the Manifest's TableType as “Works”. It shall contain none, one or more data Records as follows:
Cell Name | Field Definition | Data Type | M/O/C | Example | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
| The Feed provider's proprietary identifier of the Musical Work. This is the primary key of the database table for Works (see Figure 2). | String | M | 165DE541A |
2 |
| The ISWC (International Standard Musical Work Code defined in ISO 15707) identifying the Musical Work. An ISWC comprises three parts: the letter "T", followed by nine digits and then one check digit. | String | O | T9000109397 |
3 |
| The title of the Musical Work. | String | M | I've Got a Feeling |
4 |
| A musical work identifier identifying the Musical Work within the catalog of its Composer (typically of classical music) as an opus number. | String | O | Op. 27 No. 2 |
5 |
| A musical work identifier identifying a Musical Work within the catalog of its Composer (typically of classical music) according to a standardized numbering (e.g. "K" numbers for Koechel's catalog of Mozart). | Multiple String | O | K. 621 |
6 |
| The nominal duration of the Musical Work. | ISO Duration | O | PT3M20S |
7 |
| A Flag indicating whether a Musical Work has rights that are in dispute (=true) or not (=false). | Boolean | M | false |
8 |
| A Territory in which the Musical Work is in the public domain using the | Multiple AVS | O | US |
9 |
| A Flag indicating whether the Musical Work is an arrangement of a traditional Work (=true) or not (=false). | Boolean | M | false |
10 |
| If the rights in a Work have reverted to the writer in accordance with sections 203 and 304 of the US Copyright Act, implementers may choose to output two versions of the Work, one pre-termination (“Reverted Work”) and one post-termination (“New Work”). This is a foreign key to the database table for Works (see Figure 2) that allows feed creators to point from the “Reverted Work” to the | String | O | 76AC54D3ED |
11 |
| The date on which a US statutory reversion has happened (or will happen). This cell is mandatory if an | ISO Date | C | 2020-01-01 |
US statutory reversions can be dealt with in two ways:
By creating two Works, one pertaining to pre-termination and the other to post-termination usage, or
By having different Right Shares with different validity periods for the same Work.
Given the data structure limitations of most copyright systems, the common approach is the first of these. The determination of which Work to pay is based on whether the date of the applicable rights grant (typically a license date) falls before or after the effective date of the termination, the UsStatutoryReversionDate.