Identifiers
IPI Number
An IPI is the unique number a PRO assigns to a songwriter, composer, or publisher to identify them across the global royalty system.
An Interested Party Information (IPI) number identifies a person or company in the royalty system (a songwriter, composer, or publisher) across PROs and collection societies worldwide. Where an ISWC identifies the song and an ISRC identifies the recording, the IPI identifies who gets paid, so performance and mechanical royalties route to the correct individual no matter which society collects them.
Good to know
IPI Number: common questions
- Where do I find my IPI number?
- In your ASCAP, BMI, or SESAC account profile (or your PRO's equivalent abroad). Each affiliated writer and publisher has one.
- Do publishers have their own IPI?
- Yes. A publisher entity gets a separate IPI from the writer's. Both belong on a work's registration so the writer's and publisher's shares each route correctly.
- What if a co-writer doesn't have an IPI?
- Their share can't be matched until they affiliate with a PRO and their IPI is on the registration. It's worth getting every collaborator affiliated before release.