US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

(a) "Owner" means a person who owns the sounds fixed in a master recording on which sound is recorded and from which the transferred sounds are directly or indirectly derived, or the person who owns the rights to record or authorize the recording of a live performance.

(b) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, limited liability company, or other legal entity.

(c) "Recording" means the tangible medium upon which sounds or images are recorded or otherwise stored. Recording includes any original phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, audio or video cassette, film, or other medium now known or later developed on which sounds or images are or can be recorded or otherwise stored, or any copy or reproduction that duplicates, in whole or in part, the original.