§ 359-j-1

359-J:1 Definitions. – In this chapter: I. 'Performing group' means a vocal or instrumental group seeking to use the name of another group that has previously released a commercial sound recording under that name. II. 'Recording group' means a vocal or instrumental group at least one of whose members has previously released a commercial sound recording under that group's name and in which the member or members have a legal right by virtue of use or operation under the group name without having abandoned the name or affiliation with the group. III. 'Sound recording' means a work that results from the fixation on a material object of a series of musical, spoken, or other sounds regardless of the nature of the material object, such as a disk, tape, or other phono-record, in which the sounds are embodied. Source. 2009, 326:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.