What are the Best Search Strategies?
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1. O TIPS amp TRICKS FLSM RACK What are the Best Search Strategies e f you search for an Interested Party either a creator or a publisher try to search by its IPI Name Number IPN the IPN is unambiguous and the search results will be displayed faster e If you need to search for a name there are several options Before selecting one of the options be aware there are some advantages and disadvantages whatever the options o The Begins option is the preferred option if you search for one creator for which you don t know the exact spelling at the end of his her name But you must be aware that using the Begins option is the most time consuming search option in terms of performance Let s take an example you search for IP Name IPI begins with LADINSKY but you don t know is the correct spelling is LADINSKY or LADINSKI CIS Net 22220 Tracking Matching On Demand Information Statistics User Guide FAQ Search For IP Name IPI z Beqins LADINSK Results view Default vl Reset And For Choose x Exat zi Worksipage 5 j Works Both j Territory Any Include Component Titles Display OT only ClOriginal works only _ Wildcards enabled Combined View M Timeout Standard 7 Save prefs O 1 MLADINSKY KEITH HOLLIS Natural person N Status 1 IP Base Number 002184852 0 Name e IP Name IP Name Number Class Role Society GPA LADINSKY KEITH HOLLIS2. on any territories International and Domestic works lt 23 a c ol ell F lel i fs k fe m n fo fe fal r s t ful v w x y z 2123 Page 1 of 8 o og BALLAD FOR A DOG e o 1 al a ISWC No preferred Duration 00 04 56 Original Title ARTISJUS DOM Interested Party IPN Role AP LP P Society P Share M Society M Share US SocLic SZABO HU 2 SANDOR 00220438998 ARTISJUS 100 00 ARTISJUS 100 00 Db Domestic View z a 2 5 C BALLAD OF A BLACK DOG e o O 1 Zl a ISWC T 072 903 876 9 Duration Original Title ASCAP DOM Interested Party IPN Role AP LP P Society P Share M Society M Share BUCKRIDGE ROBERT 00517164464 CA ASCAP 50 00 CANTOON MUSIC 00517091662 E ASCAP 50 00 rrr Domestic View i amp o 3 g Q BALLAD OF A BLACK DOG e o O C1 fal a ISWC T 072 915 253 7 Duration Original Title ASCAP DOM Interested Party IPN Role AP LP P Society P Share M Society M Share BUCKRIDGE ROBERT 00517164464 CA ASCAP 50 00 CANTOON MUSIC 00517091662 E ASCAP 50 00 De o If you use the Exact option you must first make sure a different spelling is not possible You must also be aware the wildcard option see T amp T 2 is not working when you perform a search using the Exact search option Concretely speaking if you look at the previous example you can have a doub
3. 00454806641 MW LY BMI 021 MW MC BMI 021 OPP HOLLIS KEITH 00454806739 MW LY BMI 021 MW MC BMI 021 OPP LADINSKY KEITH 00454806935 MW LY BMI 021 MW MC BMI 021 OPP LADINSKY KEITH H 00454806837 MW LY BMI 021 MW MC BMI 021 e M View catalog for selected names View Works e If you use the Contains option you must of course provide complete words in the search field Try to avoid using non significant words single letters articles prepositions etc when you perform a search in the title The same applies to the publishers name e g MUSIC COMPANY Using such words would slow down the search process Let s now take an example you search for Title contains BALLAD DOG FOR and A are non significant words FT the Digital Copyright Network Tips and Tricks 18 Improving Search Strategy and Results Selection Criteria Page 1 4 Ti ig Haf f ar wend N fJ IL EAIiE Lal rei E FAAI di PVGLUYLAY A CIS Net 22020200 dnp Tracking Matching On Demand Information Statistics User Guide FAQ Search For Title Contains z BALLAD DOG Results view Default v 5 Quick Search And For Choose x jExact zi Works page 5 v ooo Works Both xi Territory Any gt Search nclude Component Titles C Display OT only Original works only Wildcards enabled V Combined View M Timeout Standard 7 Save prefs O Your query Title contains BALLAD DOG
4. Address Books This specific directory can be used when requiring advice from one colleague on one of the fe Administration AVI AGM Some Useful Tips on Results Selection Criteria Always search for ALL to get both Domestic and International works gt Domestic works are more authoritative If you have a choice use the Domestic work rather than an International work as work information is considered authoritative if the work information is provided by a society that has an original interest in the work creator and or original publisher and the work information meets the minimum mandatory data requirements If the work is not available FT the Digital Copyright Network Tips and Tricks 18 Improving Search Strategy and Results Selection Criteria Page 3 4 FAST RACK from a society with original interest in the work the work information can be taken from a society s International repertoire Taking into consideration that the sub publishing information may not be valid for the territory of your own society gt In the event you notice a conflict between work information from authoritative sources e g about splits you must follow your society s usual conflict procedure gt Information regarding original shareholders should be the same information about sub publishing can be different gt Performers are not included on all databases be aware that searching with performer may not yield the most complet
5. e results gt Some societies contribute to both WID Centre and their own node e g PRS for music ASCAP BMI etc Both are equally up to date but their own node can contain more works that don t qualify for the WID Centre e g International works For more information on this feature please consult the MWI User Manual available from MWI Help tab 2 2 4 2 FT the Digital Copyright Network Tips and Tricks 18 Improving Search Strategy and Results Selection Criteria Page 4 4
6. rule If you wish to know more details on societies policy concerning the posting of their own Domestic and International Works please refer to the Musical Works Posted by Contributing Societies document available from CIS Net Home Page gt Latest News Latest News Defining User Profile The User Profile option allows you to display results based on your preferences Tips amp Tricks 16 Social Networking FastTrack is now connected to Linkedin and to Facebook Facebook page here https www facebook com pages Fasttrack the Digital Copyright Network 647946745243861 Get connected Breaking News on Common Cache Breaking News We are currently proceeding to the warming up of the so called Common Cache our partially cloud based solution to bulk all data on musical works and to drastically improve uploaded to the cache Generic Terms for Interested Party Please click on the link to access the document on Generic terms for Interested Party Copyright Control or similar used by CIS Net Contributors update october 2011 IP Generic Terms Subscription to CIS Net Tips amp Tricks The T amp T will help you get the most out of the various tools that are available on C S Net Each month we send all subscribers a new T amp T telling you about some of those search options you ve aware of somebody Business Experts Directory The Business Experts Directory is now available in FastTools General Information
7. t concerning the word BALLAD one or two L Warnings and Notes e There is no distinction between lowercase and uppercase characters e The search field always allows until 60 characters If your request contains more characters your request will be truncated without any notice e There are some search rules to be applied o An IP Name Number must consist in digits only o Diacritic characters in Titles and IP Names e g a 0 etc must be replaced by the corresponding Latin characters e g ae ae oe n etc If you don t apply this rule you will get an error message back FT the Digital Copyright Network Tips and Tricks 18 Improving Search Strategy and Results Selection Criteria Page 2 4 FAST RACK Now concerning the search results selection criteria there are also a few things you need to know before performing a search What s the Difference between Domestic and International Works As you know CIS Net contains both domestic and international works A domestic work is any work where the posting society represents at least one composer or author including sub authors and arrangers or original publisher An international work is any work where the posting society does not have a composer or author including sub authors and arrangers or original publisher s interest A sub author is an author of text which substitutes or modifies an existing text of musical work That s the general
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