phonorecords
Defined in 2 places across 2 titles of the United States Code.
“Phonorecords” are material objects in which sounds, other than those accompanying a motion picture or other audiovisual work, are fixed by any method now known or later developed, and from which the sounds can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. The term “phonorecords” includes the material object in which the sounds are first fixed.
Source
- 1994–present17 U.S.C. § 101Copyrights · Definitions · for purposes of this title
the terms “audiovisual work”, “computer program”, “copies”, “copyright owner”, “digital transmission”, “financial gain”, “motion picture”, “motion picture exhibition facility”, “perform”, “phonorecords”, “publicly” (with respect to performing a work), “sound recording”, and “transmit” have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of title 17;
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- 2020–present18 U.S.C. § 2319CCrimes and Criminal Procedure · Illicit digital transmission services · in this section