phonorecords
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 469 U.S. 153 - Mills Music, Inc. v. Snyder · 1985Most cited · 305 citing opinions
the material object in which the sounds are first fixed." "Ibid." Moreover, "[a] work is 'fixed' in a tangible medium of expression when its embodiment in a copy or phonorecord, by or under the authority of the author, is sufficiently permanent or stable to permit it to be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated for a period of more than transitory duration." "Ibid.
How often courts cite the case defining “phonorecords”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “phonorecords” — 304 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.