[Chapter-delegates] Fwd: WIPO First Outreach on the International Music Registry

[Marcin Cieslak]

On Tue, 10 Apr 2012, Joly MacFie wrote:

> A single, authoritative source of information about rights in music is
> a universal and essential good for the development of a healthy
> digital market for creative content.  To achieve this goal the World
> Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is providing technical and
> administrative support to the International Music Registry (IMR)
> Dialogue <http://www.internationalmusicregistry.org/portal/en/index.html>,
> which engages stakeholders from all sectors of the music industry and
> all regions in the world.  The IMR is global in nature and intends not
> to rival any existing copyright infrastructure but to establish a
> system that will enhance existing databases and identifiers and act as
> a platform for their interoperability.

Interesting, looks like:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Musical_Work_Code

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISRC (actually supported on CDs!)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Release_Identifier

are not enough... Somebody looking for more money on registration, ICANN-style? 

//Marcin