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Recording Rights Owner: $75
Recording Rights Owners are provided with a Registrant Code that allows them to assign ISRCs for all recordings that they own or control. Recording Rights Owners are typically labels or bands, but can be individual artists as well.

Your ISRC Registrant Code is yours for life and will allow you to assign up to 100,000 ISRCs each year to recordings that you own.

ISRC Managers: Annual Fee Required
ISRC Managers can assign ISRCs to recordings that they do not own. All ISRC Managers must confirm their intent to follow a set of procedures designed to avoid duplicate assignment and to respect the rights of the recording owner.

In particular, ISRC Managers must:

• verify that an ISRC has not already been assigned for each track;
• ensure that they have permission from the recording rights holders to issue ISRCs on their behalf; and
• inform the rights holders of the ISRCs assigned on their behalf.

There are two tiers of ISRC managers, depending on the type of business and expected volume of ISRC assignment:

• Hybrid/Studio ISRC Manager
  This is a solution for studios, engineers and producers who wish to assign ISRCs both to recordings that they own and to recordings owned by a small number of clients.

Hybrid/Studio ISRC Managers can annually assign ISRCs to no more than 1,000 recordings whose rights they do not own. This Registrant Code can also be used to assign ISRCs for recordings owned by the Registrant.

• High Volume ISRC Manager
  High Volume ISRC Managers are typically online aggregators and digital distribution companies who wish to assign ISRCs as a service for their clients.

High Volume ISRC Managers can only assign ISRCs to recordings owned by others and can assign up to 100,000 ISRCs each year for this purpose.

The annual fee is determined by the size and type of your business. We aim to keep this fee fair and equitable, and we do not intend to impose a prohibitive barrier for any organization.

If you wish to become an ISRC Manager or if you have questions, please contact us: isrc@riaa.com.

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