PENNY · Delivery Sheet

Recipient profile for distributors and labels
LIVE works today   PLANNED accepted, not yet acted on   TODO still to be decided
Contact: hello@arcx.cc

1 · Recipient

Legal entityAmerican Record Company LLC, dba ARCX
Receiving servicePENNY (pennyhq.com), operated by ARCX
Recipient DPIDLIVE PA-DPIDA-2026092805-4 (American Record Company LLC, issued 2026-09-28). Message form: PADPIDA20260928054.
NotePENNY may get its own receiving DPID, separate from ARCX.

2 · Delivery

API LIVEPOST https://pennyhq.com/api/v1/b2b-ingest/release
Header X-Api-Key. JSON or DDEX ERN XML, auto-detected. Metadata limit 4 MB.
Finalize LIVE…/release/{releaseId}/finalize
Status LIVEGET …/b2b-ingest/releases (received → minting → live, or rejected)
MCP LIVEhttps://pennyhq.com/api/mcp (Streamable HTTP, no auth)
Bulk LIVEPublic Google Drive or Dropbox share links as sourceUrl, pulled server-side at finalize. Big catalogs and partner keys: hello@arcx.cc
ERN batch LIVEPOST /api/v1/b2b-ingest/ern-batch (Drive folderUrl or xmlUrls[]) · GET /api/v1/b2b-ingest/ern-batch/{batchId}
Batch drops PLANNEDSFTP / S3 folder, ERN batch profile

Flow: POST metadata → get releaseId and signed PUT URLs → PUT the cover and audio → finalize.

3 · Message profile

ERN 4.3 NewReleaseMessageLIVE subset below
ERN 4.3.2 NewReleaseMessageLIVE same subset. ContainsAI LIVE (None → ORGANIC, Partly → HYBRID, All → AI_GEN)
ERN 3.xLIVE legacy subset
Read todayTitle, artist, ICPN, genre, dates, label, cover URI, parental warning, duration; per track ISRC, title, file URI, sequence, AI flag, explicit
Label (ERN 4)LIVE ReleaseLabelReference → PartyList FullName. ERN 3: LabelName
Contributors beyond display artistPLANNED
Territories and dealsPLANNED not acted on. Streams worldwide.
Sender DPIDLIVE recorded + prefixed on releaseRef. Allowlist PLANNED
TestMessageLIVE validate + ack only; no release written
Updates and takedownsPLANNED Re-post same id refreshes today
Stable release id (XML)LIVE GRid ‖ ICPN ‖ ProprietaryId, sender-prefixed. Never bare R0
Acknowledgement outPLANNED DDEX Acknowledgement. Today: JSON (ok, releaseId, status, messageId) + status / batch-receipt endpoints.

7 · Acknowledgement time

Registration responseImmediate (synchronous)
Finalize → liveLIVE Automatic, no manual queue — typically minutes, under 1 hour at catalog scale; failures return rejected with reason.
DDEX ack SLAPLANNED with the Acknowledgement message; until then the JSON response + status endpoint are the machine ack (immediate). Human confirmation: one business day from hello@arcx.cc

4 · Required per release

UPC / ICPNReleaseId/ICPN: 12 or 13 digits, checked if present. Missing UPC accepted. House UPC (GS1 850088342) PLANNED
ISRC (every track)ResourceId/ISRC: 12 characters, dashes stripped. Missing ISRC → sequential house ISRC (QT94L) at finalize. NEVER REJECTED
Display artist · TitleDisplayArtistName · DisplayTitleText (release and each track). REQUIRED
LabelReleaseLabelReference → PartyList FullName (ERN 4); LabelName (ERN 3). LIVE
Release dateReleaseDate / OriginalReleaseDate: read, not required
TerritoriesTerritoryCode in ReleaseDeal PLANNED
Content origin4.3.2 ContainsAI LIVE: None → ORGANIC, Partly → HYBRID, All → AI_GEN. 4.3: Keywords penny:contentOrigin=…. JSON contentOrigin REQUIRED. XML omitted → ORGANIC.
File URIsTechnicalDetails/File/URI or FileName per track, or a Drive/Dropbox sourceUrl. REQUIRED

5 · Audio and artwork

Master formatsWAV, FLAC, AIFF, MP3, M4A. Links can also be AAC, OGG or Opus.
Max file size3 GB per file
ChecksProbed, transcoded and duration-verified before going live. Failures are marked rejected with the reason.
Sample rate / bit depth / loudness16/24-bit, 44.1–48 kHz (up to 192 kHz accepted). No loudness normalization — your master streams as delivered. Rec: true peak ≤ −1 dBTP
Cover artJPEG, PNG or WebP
Cover dimensions / sizeSquare, 1400×1400 min, 3000×3000 recommended, ≤20 MB (enforcement planned)

6 · Commercial terms

Rate$0.01 per stream: a penny a play
Split71% to the rights holder, 29% ARC Reserve
PayoutBatched at a $10 threshold
Delivery feeFree until January 1, 2027
ERN dealPayAsYouGoModel · OnDemandStream · Worldwide