1 Introduction

This document sets out Part 4: UGC 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 Implementations 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 and/or music publishers) data regarding the level of sales and/or usage generated from the exploitation on user-generated content services 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 4 of the DSR standard is for reporting all sales and/or usage data to licensors relating to the use of sound recordings and/or music videos which embody musical works and/or other resources occurring on user-generated content services. The sales and/or usage data shall be communicated to one or more licensors where the licensee has received a claim for rights in a sound recording from the owner of that sound recording (the “master” recording). The licensee may or may not include data specific to the licensor(s) of the musical works embodied in the sound recordings and/or music videos.