This class includes :

Production of original (sound) master recording, such as tapes, CDs

Sound recording service activities in a studio or elsewhere, including the production of taped (i.e. non-live) radio programming, audio for film, television, etc.

Music publishing, i.e. activities of :

acquiring and registering copyrights for musical compositions

promoting, authorizing and using these compositions, in recordings, radio, television, motion pictures, live performances, print and other media

include on-line and other media

distributing sound recordings to wholesalers, retailers of directly to the public.

Units engaged in these activities may own the copyright or act as administrator of the music copyrights on behalf of the copyrights owners.

Publishing of music and sheet books

This class excludes :

Reproduction from master copies of music or other sound recordings, see 1820;

Wholesale of recorded audio tapes and disks, see 4649.