# SNVRKOTICS Wiki > A sourced encyclopedia of music rights, royalties and identifiers — ISRC, ISWC, splits, mechanicals, sync and the bodies that collect — written to be quoted. Published by SNVRKOTICS LLC at https://wiki.snvrkotics.com. Every article opens with a direct answer, lists key facts, numbers its sources and states its last-reviewed date. Text is licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); cite the article URL. The full text of every article is at https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/llms-full.txt, and each article is available as Markdown at https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/
. ## Identifiers The codes that say which recording, which song and which person: ISRC, ISWC and ISNI. - [International Standard Musical Work Code](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/iswc) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/iswc)): The ISWC is an ISO 15707 identifier for a musical work — the composition itself, independent of any recording of it. - [International Standard Name Identifier](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/isni) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/isni)): The ISNI is a 16-digit ISO 27729 identifier for the public identity of a person or organization that contributes to creative works. - [International Standard Recording Code](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/isrc) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/isrc)): The ISRC is a 12-character code, defined by ISO 3901, that identifies one specific sound recording or music video recording. ## Rights and licensing The two copyrights in every recorded song, who owns them, and the licenses that let others use them. - [Master recording](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/master-recording) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/master-recording)): A master recording is the original fixed recording of a performance, and the separate copyright that protects that recording. - [Mechanical license](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/mechanical-license) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/mechanical-license)): A mechanical license permits the reproduction and distribution of a composition in recordings — physical copies, downloads and interactive streams. - [Music publishing](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/music-publishing) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/music-publishing)): Music publishing is the business of owning or administering song copyrights: registering works, licensing them and collecting songwriters' royalties. - [Neighboring rights](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/neighboring-rights) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/neighboring-rights)): Neighboring rights pay performers and recording owners when sound recordings are broadcast or played in public, in countries that recognize them. - [Split sheet](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/split-sheet) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/split-sheet)): A split sheet is a signed record of who owns what percentage of a song or recording, agreed by every contributor and totaling 100%. - [Synchronization license](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/synchronization-license) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/synchronization-license)): A synchronization license permits music to be paired with moving images — film, television, advertising, games and online video. ## Royalties and collection What music earns, and the organizations that collect it and pay it out. - [Mechanical Licensing Collective](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/mechanical-licensing-collective) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/mechanical-licensing-collective)): The MLC is the US nonprofit that administers the blanket mechanical license for streaming and download services, created by the Music Modernization Act. - [Music royalties](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/music-royalties) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/music-royalties)): Music royalties are payments to rights holders each time a song or recording is sold, streamed, performed, licensed or broadcast. - [Performing rights organization](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/performing-rights-organization) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/performing-rights-organization)): A performing rights organization licenses the public performance of songs and pays the royalties to their songwriters and publishers. - [SoundExchange](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/soundexchange) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/soundexchange)): SoundExchange is the US nonprofit that collects and distributes digital performance royalties for sound recordings under the statutory license. ## Law and standards The statutes and industry standards the royalty system runs on. - [DDEX](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/ddex) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/ddex)): DDEX is the music industry's standards body for the data exchanged in the digital supply chain, best known for the ERN release-delivery format. - [Music Modernization Act](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/music-modernization-act) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/music-modernization-act)): The Music Modernization Act is the 2018 US law that created the blanket mechanical license, The MLC, and protections for pre-1972 recordings. ## Releases and distribution How a release reaches the stores and how listeners are sent to it. - [Music distributor](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/music-distributor) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/music-distributor)): A music distributor delivers releases to streaming services and stores and passes the resulting master income back to the rights owner. - [Smart link](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/smart-link) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/smart-link)): A smart link is one shareable URL for a release that sends each listener to the right streaming service, store or region. ## People Artists, founders and the people behind the records. - [SNVRK](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/snvrk) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/snvrk)): SNVRK (Caleb Gottfried, born 2006) is an American experimental artist from Brooklyn and the founder of SNVRKOTICS. ## SNVRK Wiki SNVRK's records, rollouts, artworks and cases, from the SNVRK Wiki, in its own Fandom format. - [3.3%](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/3-3-percent) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/3-3-percent)): "3.3%" is the second track on SNVRK's 2026 album SNVRKOLEPSY, released with a title credit to Martin Shkreli. - [33 HRS](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/33-hrs) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/33-hrs)): "33 HRS" is a song by SNVRK with Funk Flex, the lead single and opening track of the 2026 album SNVRKOLEPSY. - [AWGE](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/awge) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/awge)): AWGE is the creative agency, online store and record label founded by A$AP Rocky in 2014; SNVRKOTICS lists it as a backer. - [Gottfried v. Night Media, Inc. et al.](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/gottfried-v-night-media) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/gottfried-v-night-media)): Gottfried v. Night Media is a 2026 federal lawsuit by SNVRK (Caleb Gottfried) over the Streamer University auditions in Manhattan. - [NYC Ticketstorm](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/nyc-ticketstorm) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/nyc-ticketstorm)): The NYC Ticketstorm was SNVRK's June 6, 2026 stunt: mock parking-ticket envelopes on parked cars in Brooklyn, promoting SNVRKOLEPSY. - [SNVRK discography](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/discography) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/discography)): The discography of SNVRK: the 2026 studio album SNVRKOLEPSY, the single "33 HRS", and an announced expanded edition, 33°. - [SNVRKOLEPSY](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/snvrkolepsy) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/snvrkolepsy)): SNVRKOLEPSY is the 11-track debut studio album by SNVRK, released through SNVRKOTICS on June 5, 2026. - [The Treachery of Tickets](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/the-treachery-of-tickets) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/the-treachery-of-tickets)): The Treachery of Tickets is SNVRK's 2026 paper artwork: a replica NYC parking-ticket envelope reading "THIS IS NOT A TICKET." ## SNVRKOTICS The company that publishes this wiki, and its products. - [NVR.to](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/nvr-to) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/nvr-to)): NVR.to is the smart-link service from SNVRKOTICS: one short link per release, routed by country, platform and referrer. - [SNVRKOTICS](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/snvrkotics) ([Markdown](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/md/snvrkotics)): SNVRKOTICS is a rights and royalty platform for independent music: catalog, split sheets, distributor statements and release links. ## Optional - [Editorial standards](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/about): how articles are sourced, dated and corrected. - [Sitemap](https://wiki.snvrkotics.com/sitemap.xml) - [SNVRKOTICS](https://snvrkotics.com/llms.txt): the publisher's own llms.txt.