13-10-3 - Definitions.

13-10-3. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Fixed" means embodied in a recording or other tangible medium of expression, by orunder the authority of the author, so that the matter embodied in the recording or other tangiblemedium of expression is sufficiently permanent or stable to permit it to be perceived, reproduced,or otherwise communicated for a period of more than transitory duration.
(2) "Owner" means the person, corporation, partnership, or business association whoowns the sounds fixed in a master phonograph record, master disc, master wire, master tape,master film, or other device used for reproducing recorded sounds on phonograph records, discs,wires, tapes, films, or other articles or materials in which sound is recorded and from which thetransferred recorded sounds are directly or indirectly derived.

Amended by Chapter 325, 1995 General Session