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CWR for SESAC
SESAC administers performance rights in United States. The invitation-only US PRO.
History
Founded in 1930 as the Society of European Stage Authors and Composers, SESAC is the oldest US PRO still privately held — invitation-only, owned by Blackstone since 2017, with a roster that has included Bob Dylan and Neil Diamond. With SUISA it co-owns Mint, the multi-territory digital licensing venture.
CWR at SESAC
SESAC sits outside MusicMark: affiliated publishers deliver CWR to it directly. Its smaller, curated repertoire means registration issues tend to be resolved person-to-person rather than by automated rejection.
Publishers deliver CWR files to SESAC directly (as members, affiliates, or sub-publishers). Like nearly every CISAC society, SESAC works in the CWR 2.1 / 2.2 era — the versions in production use worldwide since the standard displaced the proprietary registration formats of the 1990s. Per-society delivery profiles do change, so confirm the current version and any local quirks before a first delivery.
Related societies
Two free checks for your CWR file. Is the file correct? Every record, share and control total against the spec, each problem on its exact line. Do its writers match their registrations? Every writer cross-checked against public registration data, including works registered under another spelling or IPI. Nothing stored: check a file at cwrcheck.com.