Section 6-13-101 - DefinitionsAs used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Copyright owner" means the owner of a copyright of a nondramatic musical or similar work recognized and enforceable under the copyright laws of the United States ( 17 U.S.C. sec. 101 et seq.). "Copyright owner" and "similar work" shall not include the owner of a copyright in a motion picture or audiovisual work, or in part of a motion picture or audiovisual work.(2) "Nondramatic" means the public performance of a recorded, broadcast, or live musical work; except that "nondramatic" shall not mean the performance of a dramatic work including a play.(3) "Performing rights society" means an association or corporation that licenses the public performance of nondramatic musical works on behalf of copyright owners such as the American society of composers, authors and publishers (ASCAP), Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), and SESAC, Inc.(4) "Proprietor" means the owner of a retail establishment, including, but not limited to, a restaurant, bar, sports facility, or other place of business where nondramatic musical or similar copyrighted works may be performed, broadcast, or otherwise transmitted for the enjoyment of members of the general public.(5) "Royalty" or "royalties" means the fees payable to a copyright owner or performing rights society for the public performance of nondramatic musical or other similar work.L. 95: Entire article added, p. 1263, § 1, effective July 1.