Get Paid Guide for music creators

This new guide equips music creators with step-by-step guidance on what music data is, why it matters and what to do with it

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has recently partnered with PRS for Music, The Ivors Academy and The Music Publishers Association to develop and launch a new website that helps songwriters, composers, artists, and those supporting them, demystify music metadata. This follows the publication of the UK Industry Agreement on Music Streaming Metadata in May 2023.

The digital Get Paid Guide equips music creators with quick and easy step-by-step guidance on what music data is, why it matters, and what to do with it.

Widespread lack of awareness around accurate metadata input within the creator community means incomplete data can lead to significant delays to creators being paid for the use of their works, and in some cases not being paid at all. The Get Paid Guide empowers songwriters and composers to take control of their music data and learn how to manage it correctly and successfully.

Music creators and songwriters can watch short tutorials on International Standard Musical Work (ISWC) and International Standard Recording (ISRC) codes, access a useful checklist to help manage music data, and take part in a quiz to put their knowledge to the test.

The guide also includes help with frequently asked questions from the creator community including the use of pseudonyms and what to do when covering another artist’s song.

Access the Get Paid Guide.

First published 4 July 2023