Sound recording and music publishing activities

This group includes: - production of original (sound) master recordings, such as tapes, CDs; - distributing, advertising sound recordings to wholesalers, retailers or directly to the public. These activities can be whether or not carried out together with production of master copies of sound recordings in the same unit. Failing which, the unit engaged in these activities has rights to reproduce and distribute master copies of sound recordings; - sounding recording service activities in a studio or elsewhere, including the production of taped (i.e. non-live) radio programming; - music publishing, i.e. activities of acquiring and registering copyrights for musical compositions, promoting, authorizing and using these compositions in recording, radio, television, motion pictures, live performances, print and other media. Units engaged in these activities may own the copyright or act as administrator of the music copyrights on behalf of the copyright owners. - publishing of music and sheet books.