2011 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 40 - TRADE AND COMMERCE
CHAPTER 13 - COPYRIGHTED MUSIC
40-13-301. Definitions.

(a) As used in this act:

(i) "Copyright owner" means the owner of a copyright of a nondramatic musical 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. 101 et seq.). "Copyright owner" shall not include the owner of a copyright in a motion picture or audiovisual work or in part of a motion picture or audiovisual work;

(ii) "Performing rights society" means an association or corporation that licenses the public performance 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.;

(iii) "Proprietor" means the owner of a retail establishment, restaurant, inn, bar, tavern or any other place of business or professional office located in this state in which the public may assemble and in which nondramatic musical works may be performed, broadcast or otherwise transmitted;

(iv) "Royalty" or "royalties" means the fees payable to a performing rights society for public performance rights;

(v) "This act" means W.S. 40-13-301 through 40-13-305.