CHAPTER 2. DEFINITIONS
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Chapter 2. Definitions
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Applicability
Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout thisarticle.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.22.
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"Copyright owner"
Sec. 2. (a) "Copyright owner" means the owner of a copyright,enforceable under 17 U.S.C. 101 et seq., of a nondramatic musicalwork.
(b) The term does not include the owner of a copyright in amotion picture or an audiovisual work, or in part of a motion pictureor an audiovisual work.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.22.
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"Performing rights society"
Sec. 3. (a) "Performing rights society" means an association or acorporation that licenses the public performance of nondramaticmusical works on behalf of copyright owners.
(b) The term includes the following:
(1) The American Society of Composers, Authors, andPublishers (ASCAP).
(2) Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI).
(3) SESAC, Inc.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.22.
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"Proprietor"
Sec. 4. "Proprietor" means the owner of:
(1) a professional office;
(2) a retail establishment;
(3) a restaurant;
(4) a bar;
(5) a tavern; or
(6) an establishment similar to an establishment listed undersubdivisions (1) through (5);
that is located in Indiana, in which the public may assemble, and inwhich nondramatic musical works may be performed, broadcast, orotherwise transmitted.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.22.
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"Royalty"
Sec. 5. "Royalty" means a fee payable to a performing rightssociety for public performance rights.As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.22.