1 Introduction

This document defines the Masterlist Profile of the Digital Sales Reporting Message Suite and was developed by member organisations of the Digital Data Exchange, LLC (DDEX). Any organisation wishing to implement this (or any other DDEX standard) is required to apply for an Implementation Licence. Information about the Implemention Licence, its terms and conditions can be found here and access to an application form can be found on here.

The Sales/Usage Reports defined in the Digital Sales Reporting Message Suite (DSR) provide mechanisms for licensees (typically digital service providers or DSPs) to report to licensors ((typically music rights societies, music publishers, record companies and/or distributors) data regarding the level of sales and/or usage generated from the exploitation of electronic releases containing sound recordings and/or music videos which embody musical works and/or other resources.

The Sales/Usage Report defined in this Part 10 of the DSR standard is for reporting data to licensors (typically music rights societies or music publishers) regarding the resources that are or will be exploited on the licensee’s service, potentially with data about the underlying musical work(s) but without any sales and/or usage data. Receipt of such data enables licensors to make claims in respect of the musical works contained on those resources (potentially using the DDEX Claim Detail Message Suite) before the licensor is in receipt of any sales and/or usage data from the licensee.