2005 Idaho Code - 48-1302 — DEFINITIONS

                                  TITLE  48
                        MONOPOLIES AND TRADE PRACTICES
                                  CHAPTER 13
                MUSIC LICENSING AND COPYRIGHT ENFORCEMENT ACT
    48-1302.  DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter:
    (1)  "Copyright owner" means the owner of a copyright of a nondramatic
musical or similar work recognized and enforceable under the copyright laws of
the United States pursuant to title 17 of the United States Code, P.L. 94-553
(17 U.S.C. sec. 101 et seq.).
    (2)  "Nondramatic" means the public performance of a recorded, broadcast,
or live musical work; except that "nondramatic" shall not mean the performance
of a dramatic work including a play.
    (3)  "Performing rights society" means an association or corporation that
licenses the public performances of nondramatic musical works on behalf of
copyright owners, such as the American society of composers, authors and
publishers (ASCAP), broadcast music, inc. (BMI), and SESAC, Inc.
    (4)  "Proprietor" means the owner of a retail establishment, restaurant,
inn, bar, tavern, sports or entertainment facility or any other similar place
of business or professional office located in the state in which the public
may assemble and in which nondramatic musical works or similar copyrighted
works may be performed, broadcast or otherwise transmitted for the enjoyment
of members of the public there assembled.
    (5)  "Royalty" or "royalties" means the fees payable to a copyright owner
or performing rights society for the public performance of nondramatic musical
or other similar works.