When entering your CMRRA publisher account number select Role type ‘E’.  When entering songwriter information select Role ‘CA’ ‘C’ ‘A’, or ‘AR’.If you are a self-published songwriter, it is important to include both your CMRRA publisher account, as well as your songwriter information (name & IPI number). These are two separate contributors on two separate […]

 If you have a main CMRRA account which administers multiple publisher accounts, use two contributor rows. The original publisher is added to the first line (Role E). The administrator is added to the second line (Role AM).  

If you are registered with a PRO (SOCAN in Canada) they will have assigned you a songwriter IPI number. If not, you can still register works by using the songwriters name (without an IPI number). Once you have acquired a songwriter IPI number, you can write to [email protected] and we will be able to modify […]

It’s always helpful to include all writer contributor information. If you know and wish to add additional non-controlled writer contributors, please be sure to indicate they are not controlled (not administered or being claimed under your publisher entity) by marking an “N” in the controlled column.

No, please omit this information from the contributor details, rather than listing “Unknown Publisher”. 

Publisher/writer links are used to make clear which writer(s) a publisher is claiming. A link needs to be made between controlled publishers and controlled writers on each work using a number selected from the drop-down list. For example, if a publisher is claiming 100% on behalf of one songwriter contributor, select  “1” in the Pub/Writer […]

As a CMRRA publisher client, you will mark “Y” for the Canadian territory on the publisher line for each work. If you have affiliated with CMRRA for International Digital Collections for MLC registration, you should mark “Y” in the US territory as well. 

Multiple artists can be input vertically for a work as shown in the example below.

 Yes.  Please input ISRCs into one cell, separated by a comma as shown in the example below, if they apply to the same Artist from the same row.  Otherwise, they should be listed vertically aligned with the associated Artist(s).

In general, it can take between 2 and 4 weeks. Delays may occur for a number of reasons, such as an IPI number request, data issues in the form, or other types of manual review that may be needed.