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Database of Works Restored to Copyright Protection

What is ACE?

ASCAP created the dial-up ACE System in 1993 as a useful tool for music professionals. It was a well-received industry innovation then, and now we are extremely proud to make an enhanced World Wide Web version of this Database available.

The Database contains information on all compositions in the ASCAP repertory which have appeared in any of ASCAP's domestic surveys, including foreign compositions licensed by ASCAP in the United States. As ASCAP's new registration format is rolled out, all works registered since November 1990, whether surveyed or unsurveyed, will be available for viewing via ACE. In the meantime, if you are a member and your composition does not appear on ACE, please check with ASCAP to verify that it has been registered with the Society.

Please note the following with respect to Writer information:

• The ACE database contains the names of ASCAP writer members and the names of their co-writers who are either affiliated with other performing rights organizations, or not affiliated with any other organization.
  
  
• ASCAP writer members' names may be accessed directly on ACE, appear initially in blue, and change to red when you click on the member's name; the names of writers affiliated with other U.S. performing rights organizations cannot be accessed directly using ACE.
  
  
• When you click on the title of a song, the names of ASCAP writers, and writers affiliated with foreign performing rights organizations whose works are licensed through ASCAP for performances in the United States, appear in blue; the names of co-writers affiliated with other U.S. performing rights organizations, or not affiliated with any other organization, appear in black and only under the listings for their titles.
  
  
• As noted above, the ACE database contains the titles of works written and published by members and affiliates of foreign performing rights organizations and licensed by ASCAP for performances in the United States under agreements between ASCAP and more than 60 foreign societies. The names of the writers of such titles also appear in blue and change to red when you click on the writer's name. The listing for the title may instruct you to contact ASCAP's Clearance section for additional publisher information if a publisher with an interest in the work that controls U.S. performing rights is also affiliated with a foreign society.
  
  
• Occasionally, members resign from ASCAP and ASCAP continues to license performances of the resigned members' works — these resigned members' names also appear in black in ACE under the listings for titles of works that remain in the ASCAP repertory.
  
  

Please note the following with respect to Publisher Information:

• ACE provides publisher information for ASCAP publishers when a work is co-published with a non-ASCAP entity.
  
  
• ACE also provides direction to the affiliated society of the other entities.
  
  
• The publisher contact addresses in the ACE database are intended for music users within the United States ONLY. Music users outside the U.S. should contact their local performance or mechanical rights organizations for publisher contact information applicable to them.
  
  
• The publisher name and address that ACE provides as the result of a publisher address query or song title query is the contact publisher or administrator for a synchronization license, grand right, etc. This is not necessarily the copyright owner, who thus may not be represented on the ACE system.
  
  
• THIS IS PUBLISHER INFORMATION, THUS SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR RECORD LABEL PURPOSES.

In certain circumstances, ACE advises the viewer to contact ASCAP's Repertory Clearance staff (212-621-6160) for additional information or assistance. This may occur if a work is not in the ASCAP repertory; if the publisher or administrator of a work is a publisher represented by a foreign performing rights organization; if the work is a collaborated work (that is, a work written by an ASCAP writer and a writer affiliated with another performing rights organization); if a publisher is a former ASCAP member; or if there is a dispute as to ownership or other rights pending with respect to the work.

Copyrighted arrangements of public domain works are listed on ACE.

DISCLAIMER

The information contained in the Database is updated weekly. The information contained has been supplied to ASCAP by various sources and ASCAP makes no representations as to its accuracy. ASCAP specifically disclaims any liability for any loss or risk which may be incurred as a consequence, directly or indirectly, of the use or application of any information provided in the Database, or for any omission in the Database. The presence of contact information for publishers in the ACE database does not indicate that the publisher is willing to or interested in receiving correspondence or unsolicited materials from the general public.

Access to the ACE system through this Site to ASCAP's repertory information is subject to this Site's terms and conditions of use. Your accessing ACE indicates your agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions that govern your use of this Site. These terms and conditions include the express prohibition against downloading or attempting to download ACE, which is made available as an information resource only. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please do not use the Site.

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