Importing Catalogue in a CWR format

How to export your catalogue in CWR format is touched upon in the Deliveries topic. But it is also possible for publishers to import catalogue in CWR format onto Curve. This is a useful feature if you sub-publish catalogue that is delivered to you in this format.

To get started, head to your Imports section and select the page that is applicable to your import:

• CWR, if you are looking to import Catalogue in the standard format developed by CISAC. It is used to share metadata of music works and is accepted by most collection societies around the world.
• Catalogue Shipment: This is mostly when moving your data from Music Maestro to Curve. Files in the following format are accepted: .xlsx, .xls, .xlsb or .csv. More info here
• Other, if you're looking to import Catalogue in any other format such as Catalogue Shipment, Maestro's 400 Catalogue Shipment, Counterpoint Recording, Counterpoint Publishing, Linked Publishing or SR1 Publishing

CWR & Catalogue Shipment

Every CWR/CS import will need to be linked to an "Import Partner". The intention is for you to create an Import Partner for each 3rd party or source from which you import catalogue.

Creating Import Partners

Head to the Import Partner tab of your page. Create a new Import Partner via the +Create button at the top right of your screen.

Overview - Here you can specify the name of this Delivery Partner , as well as add notes for your reference.

Use Identifiers as Main Identifier – You can opt to use the identifiers specified in the CWR file as your Main Identifier. This is useful when you are importing your own catalogue, but generally not recommended when you are being sent a catalogue by a 3rd party publisher.

Insert to IP Chain – You can insert yourself at the top of the controlled IP Chains of all Works as an Admin or Sub-Publisher, for the IP Chains to automatically reflect correctly the rights you represent. It will only add you to the top of the IP Chain of controlled shares and automatically take over the collected performance & collected mechanical rate from the Original Publisher.

You can leave this option blank if the CWR holds the IP Chains in the exact way that you want these IP Chains on Curve. But it’s a great tool to instantly add yourself as the Sub-Publisher or Admin at the top of the IP Chain for catalogue sent to you by 3rd party publishers that you represent.

Default Contracts – You can select one or more Contracts to be automatically attached to every single work imported via this CWR. This is a great tool when you are sent data by a 3rd party publisher that you sub-publish, since you can instantly tell Curve that all revenue for these Works should go to that particular publisher.

Catalogue Groups – Here you can attach one or more Catalogue Groups to all Works created via the CWR import. This may help you organise your data. Catalogue Groups can be created via your Settings.

Ingestion Territory – The ownership and collection shares of a work may differentiate across different territories. By setting the Ingestion Territory, you tell Curve which territory to use as a reference to set the IP Chain of the Works. If you are importing a catalogue that you only sub-publish in a particular territory, then you will need to set this territory as your Ingestion Territory.

Territories – Here you will need to specify in which territories you will represent the Works that are included in this CWR file.

The benefits of Import Partners are:

• Presets and previously mapped values can be stored against the Import Partners, making the import process easier and requiring no repeated effort.
• Enables you to track from which Partner an imported Work comes from.
• It helps Curve recognise when a 3rd party redelivers a previously imported Work to you, so that we can overwrite this existing Work.

Creating a New CWR Import

Create a new CWR Import via the +Create button at the top right of your screen.

Here you can specify the name of this delivery for your own reference, select the Import Partner and choose a CWR file to upload in Curve. You will then need to click on Save and then Import. Once the process is completed, you will be notified via an email and on-platform notification regarding the status of your Import.

The Ingestion Process

Curve fully automates the mapping and creation of Works based on the CWR data. Here are the main rules it follows during import:

Territory Filtering

If the Import Partner's Ingestion Territory has been configured to a specific Territory (such as United Kingdom only), the import checks each work's publisher territory data in the CWR before processing it.

Works in the CWR that don't include the target Ingestion Territory in any of their controlled publisher-related records are skipped.

This is useful when your Import Partner sends their full worldwide catalogue but your deal with them only covers certain territories.

Matching & Deduplication

For each work, the import checks whether it already exists as a Work in Curve. It looks for a matching Work using the same Submitter's Work Number value from the CWR:

• If the matching Work in Curve was created from a CWR Import and used the same Import Partner, then the matching Work will be overwritten by the new CWR data.
• If the matching Work in Curve was not created using the same Import Partner, then the import will flag the CWR work as a duplicate and not create it. This duplicate will be displayed as an import error at the end of the import process.
• If there is no matching Work in Curve, the import will go ahead and create it.

This also means that re-importing or rerunning the same CWR file using the same Import Partner will update the existing Works in Curve rather than creating duplicates.

Publishers & Composers

The import will use the CAE/IPI number of each party within the CWR data to see if a matching Composer or Publisher already exists in Curve.

If a matching Publisher/Composer in Curve is found, that entry will be used within the created IP Chain in Curve. Otherwise, Curve will create a new Publisher/Composer and use that entry instead.

Linked Recordings

If any records in the CWR file contain associated ISRCs, these codes will also be created as a Track in Curve, alongside its associated title and artist name. The Track will also be automatically linked to the associated Work, covering the steps needed to link Tracks to your Works.

When you create a CWR Delivery containing that Work from Curve, the linked Tracks' ISRCs will be included within the CWR's records.

Import Results

Once the import has finished, you will be able to review the following figures:

• Total works ingested: how many works were successfully created or updated.
• Error list: any works that failed to import, with their titles, identifiers, and the reason for failure.
• Counts: breakdowns of ingested composers, publishers, tracks, and releases.

Other

You can create a new CWR Import via the +Create button at the top right of your screen.

Setup – Here you can specify the name of this delivery for your own reference, next select CWR in the From System menu and then enter who sent this Catalogue to you.

Transferring Party – Important to complete when importing Maestro 400 Catalogue Shipment/ Catalogue Shipment, since whenever you import catalogue from the same Transferring Party, Curve will use the Work Identifiers specified in the file as a reference to found out whether you are trying to create new Works or adjust existing Works.

Files – Here you attach the Catalogue file.

Mapping – If any values are found that are unknown to the Curve royalty system, you will be asked to map these here. If there are no unknown values, this step will automatically be skipped.

Complete – Hitting the Ingest button will import all Works. You will receive an email confirmation once all Works have been created.