The Interested Parties
Information System
The IPI System
The purpose of the IPI system is the global unique identification of right holders acting across multiple creation classes (musical work, literary work, work of art, etc.), assuming different roles (musical creator, film director, author of fine art, etc.), and owning all the rights (performing right, reproduction right, radio broadcast right, etc.), determined by each creation class they have created works in.
6.5 Million
Rights holders (IPs) and 10 million names are today included in the IPI system
This relates to the data exchange not only within the copyright societies, but also in worldwide transaction processing with third parties, such as user organizations like radio and TV stations, sound carrier producers etc. The IPI system contains the legal and artistic names of the right holders, as well as their nationalities and place of birth (natural persons) or foundation (legal entities), including their territory, time and share dimensioned agreements with the corresponding copyright societies.
The IPI system is designed, developed and operated by SUISA to support all types of intellectual property rights protection, not limited to copyright. It directs the international economic flow, between creation users and creation right holders, through administrative organizations. The IPI system is in fact the back bone administration tool for all collective, intellectual property protection organizations.
History
CAE (Compositeur, Auteur, Editeur)
For music copyright societies it is essential to identify the (copy)right holders, when a work of music is copied or performed. In the 1970s, music copyright societies decided to use the CAE list, created and developed by SUISA, for this purpose. They appointed SUISA to be responsible for further development and operation of the CAE list.
After three decades of existence, the CAE list was showing limitations and shortcomings that made it less adapted to the reality of the market. A reconstruction of the CAE system became necessary.
IPI (Interested Parties Information)
In 2001, the IPI system was created as a mainframe application and published on the internet. In 2008, the first web client was introduced for all users.
In 2015, SUISA implemented a project to modernize the IPI system. The infrastructure has been completely replaced with a modern, robust, open system solution.
In 2024 SUISA has completely redesigned the online application and opened it to the publishers (Pocket Edition). The aim was to give the user a state-of-the-art user experience, additional administration functionalities as well as a future-proof technical set-up, taking into consideration the guidance of the international community and their different needs.
Accessing the IPI System
Multiple types of clients are available for society users
- IPI online web application
- EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) file upload for automated IT integration.
- Daily EDI transaction update files for maintenance of own replica.
- Quarterly full export EDI files for initial (re)construction of own replica.
- API (Application Programming Interface) to integrate the IPI in the societies own legacy system.
- IPI Query Application: Windows native client application, available on SUISA's FTP server with quarterly updated data. Option to configure a replication to receive daily updates.
For publishers
- Pocket Edition (REST/Query) API
- Pocket Edition Bulk Data available weekly via secure FTP.
- IPI Pocket Edition online web application (coming Q4 2024)
- IPI PocketEdition Query Application: Windows native read-only client, available on FTP with quarterly updated data. Option to configure a replication to receive daily updates.
Administrative IPI Services provided by SUISA
The IPI center offers the following services
- IPI Training
- Consulting
- Manual and automated updates of membership information in the IPI system, based on requests from societies
- Resolution of membership conflicts between societies
- Participation in international projects related to IPI issues and developments
- Production of quarterly IPI Query Application
- IPI online application services (available 24/7)
Contact
For support or more information, contact the IPI center at SUISA, e-mail: ipi@suisa.ch
IPI Login
Links to the IPI application
- Production System: https://webgui.ipisystem.org
- Training System: https://webguiprep.ipisystem.org
The IPI documentation is available on the CISAC website and in the IPI web application.