CHAPTER 2. DEFINITIONS

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Chapter 2. Definitions

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Applicability

    

Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this
article.

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 musical
work.

    (b) The term does not include the owner of a copyright in a
motion picture or an audiovisual work, or in part of a motion picture
or 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 a
corporation that licenses the public performance of nondramatic
musical works on behalf of copyright owners.

    (b) The term includes the following:

        (1) The American Society of Composers, Authors, and
Publishers (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 under
subdivisions (1) through (5);

that is located in Indiana, in which the public may assemble, and in
which nondramatic musical works may be performed, broadcast, or
otherwise 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 rights
society for public performance rights.

As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.22.