Comment ISRC and ISWC (Score 2) 184
An ISWC is an identifier attached to a musical work by a performing rights organization (BMI, ASCAP, etc).
An ISRC is an identifier attached to a sound recording by a record label or artist. It's contained in the metadata of a digital audio file like AAC or MP3.
There is currently no way to correlate the two nor are there any plans to do so. This is an egregious oversight. The ISWC connects the musical work to the author. The solution is staring everyone in the face.
Like the movie industry, writers get hind tit.
Georg Frederic Handel used to take his composition students for pork sausages and beer after their lessons, saying "Pigs and composers are only appreciated after they're dead".
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